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| node | a region where a leaf is or was attached |
| taproot system | has one or a few main roots that are thicker and longer than the other roots of the plant examples: carrots and dandelions |
| fibrous root system | have no main section but branch out into the soil in all directions; has a cluster of roots that are approximate equal in size examples: grasses |
| woody stem | are hard and not very flexible capable of supporting a lot of weight examples tree and shrubs |
| herbaceous stem | softer more flexible supported by cell walls and turgor pressure examples asparagus, wild flowers tulips |
| vein | vascular tissues in leaf blades |
| petiole | the part of a leaf between th enode and the blade |
| turgor pressure | caused by the presence of water inside plant cells |
| xylem | the plant tissue characterized by long, hollow cells that carry water |
| phloem | a plant tissue that conducts dissolved food in a plant |
| vascular bundle | a strand of vascular tissue in leaves and nonwoody plants |
| fiber | a type of cell that can be used to make rope or cloth |
| epidermis | the outermost tissue of leaves, young roots, and young stems |
| vascular plant | plants that have vascular tissue |
| nonvascular plant | plants that do not have vascular tissue mosses liverworts and hornwood |
| seedless vascular plant | a plant that has tissues that conduct water and other materials but does not reproduce by forming seeds |
| rhizoid | a thin root like structure |
| seed plant | any plant that reproduces by means of seeds (gymnosperm or angiosperm) |
| gymnosperm | a plant that produces seeds that are not fully covered plant |
| angiosperm | flowering plants |
