ag vocab 1

large main root of the system; usually has little or no branch roots.

• root cap

• tap root

• fibrous root

• adventitious root

membrane bound body inside a cell containing chlorophyll pigment; necessary for photosynthesis

• bulb

• chloroplast

• root cap

• chlorophyll

the outermost part of a root that protects the tender tip of a growing root as it penetrates the root

• bulb

• tuber

• root cap

• corm

vessels of the vascular bundle that transports the water and nutrients within plants from roots to leaves

• xylem

• petiole

• internode

• tuber

small, microscopic roots that arise from the cells located on the surface of a plant root

• axil

• root hair

• cuticle

• herbaceous

a plant that has a stem that does not turn woody; it is more or less soft and succulent, and often lacks winter hardiness.

• corm

• herbaceous

• phototropism

• petiole

short underground stem surrounded by many overlapping, fleshy leaves.

• bulb

• corm

• tuber

• axil

short FLATTENED underground stem surrounded by scaly leaves

• bulb

• corm

• internode

• margin

two or more leaves arising from the same part of the stem

• bulb

• xylem

• compound leaf

• herbaceous

the top most layer of the leaf; waxy protective covering the leaf

• leaf blade

• epidermis

• cuticle

• sepal