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| anther | the yellow, pouch-like part inside of the flower that holds pollen grains. Usually on top of a long stalk that looks like a fine hair. |
| chlorophyll | The substance that gives plants green color. |
| cotyledon | First part of the plant you see when a seedling pokes its head out of the ground. Keep the new seedling fed until it can make its own food. |
| dicot | A plant that has two cotyledons. Ex. = Bean |
| embryo | The entire plant before germination or the baby plant with the seed. |
| endosperm | Food storage area that surrounds the baby seedling. |
| fertilization | The joining of pollen with an ovule to form a seed. |
| filament | Fine hair-like stalk that the anther sits on top of. |
| germination | Process when a seed comes to life. |
| receptacle | The part of the flower that the pistil and stamens grow out of. |
| root | Underground part of the plant that help hold the plant up and bring in food and water. |
| seed | A packaged little plant with food around it (endosperm) and a covering protecting it (seed coat). |
| seed coat | The protective outer layer of a seed. |
| sepal | Parts that look like little green leaves that cover the outside of a flower bud to protect the flower before it opens. |
| stamen | The male part of the flower. Made up of the anther and filament. |
| stigma | The female part of the flower. Sticky bulb in the center of flower where pollen lands. |
| style | Another female part of the flower. This is the long stalk that the stigma sits on top of. |
| xylem | Cells that move water in plants. |
| phloem cells | Move food down the stem to other parts of the plant. |
| monocot | Plant that has only one cotyledon. Ex. = corn |
| ovary | The part of a plant, usually at the bottom of the flower, that has the seeds inside and turns into the fruit we eat. |
| ovule | The part of the ovary that becomes the seed. |
| pistil | Female part of the flower. |
| plumule | The part of an embryo that turns into the shoot of a plant. |
| pollination | The moving of the pollen from the anther to the stigma. |
| primary taproot | A root with few branches that is very thick and swollen. Ex.=carrots |
