Plant Biology Vocab
Across
- 2. A one-seeded dry indehiscent fruit that is held freely within the pericarp
- 4. Plant tissue of the outer layers of plant stems and roots
- 7. A pigmented plastid that contains carotenoids
- 10. The place on a plant stem where a leaf develops
- 12. A green pigment located in the chloroplast
- 13. A dry indehiscent fruit in which seeds are firmly attached to the fruit wall
- 14. Plant tissue the moves water and nutrients from the roots throughout the plant
- 15. Growing from an unusual place
- 16. A type of fruit that will split open at maturity and freely release seeds for dispersal
- 18. Plant tissue that carries photosynthetic products synthesized in the leaves down through the plant
Down
- 1. An organism that uses external sources of food and energy
- 3. A dry, dehiscent pod that opens along two seams at maturity
- 4. A plastid that contains chlorophyll
- 5. A dry dehiscent fruit that splits along the length of the fruit releasing seeds for dispersal
- 6. A permeable membrane that surrounds a vacuole
- 8. Part of stamen that produces pollen
- 9. A fruit with a fleshy, soft mesocarp and a seed enclosed by a hard, stony endocarp
- 11. Least differentiated cells that are responsible for cell formation and growth
- 17. A type of fruit that keeps the seeds within the fruit walls after leaving the parent plant