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Date
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Plants Vocabulary List & Definitions
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flower
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the part of a plant, often marked by a distinctive color or fragrance,
that generates fruit or seeds; blossom. |
| germinate
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to
start or cause to start a process of growth or development; sprout.
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| grow
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to
become larger by the process of natural development; increase. |
| leaf
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green, flat parts of a plant that grow from the stem or branch and
produce food by photosynthesis, or a similar growth or structure. |
| petal
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one
of the separate, modified leaves, usually of a different color from
the plant's other leaves, that form the outer part of a flower head.
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| photosynthesis
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the
process in plants by which sunlight, with the help of chlorophyll,
is converted to chemical energy that is used to synthesize inorganic
compounds into organic ones, esp. sugars. |
| plankton
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free-floating, usu. microscopic plant and animal life found in fresh
or salt water. |
| root
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the part of a plant that usu. grows underground, absorbs water and
nutrients, and attaches the plant to the soil. |
| seed
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the
small part of a flowering plant that is capable of growing into
a new plant. |
| stem |
the
main axis of a plant, usu. above ground, from which branches, leaves,
flowers, or fruits may arise. |
| chloroplast |
a
small oval green bit of protoplasm that contains chlorophyll and
is the location of photosynthesis. |
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