Plant science

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  1. 4. for Agricultural Science Education © 03/2023 ASP – Lesson 5.1 Glossary – Page 2
  2. 6. – A plant that lives for two years and then dies.
  3. 10. system – A two-name system for naming plants.
  4. 11. groups, such as species, genus, family, and order.
  5. 12. – The language often used to name plants.
  6. 13. arrangement of items having a defined range of characteristics.
  7. 17. for example, the mycota or fungi family.
  8. 20. – A branch of biologic science that deals with the forms rather than the functions of plants and
  9. 21. – A plant that lives for more than two years.
  10. 24. – A biologist that groups organisms into categories.
  11. 26. – Major divisions for living things: the plant kingdom and the animal kingdom.
  12. 27. – In the naming of plants and animals, Latin is used. Each kind of plant or animal can be identified by
  13. 29. – A division of the plant or animal kingdom lower than a phylum and higher than an order; e.g., the class
  14. 32. – A system of naming used to classify a group, such as the botanical names of plants.
  15. 35. – That portion of the feed for animals that is secured largely from the leaves and stalks of plants, such
  16. 38. or inconstant to be recognized as a species; often any category of lower rank than a species.
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  1. 1. – Any grass grown for its edible grain.
  2. 2. – Pertaining to a woody plant whose leaves fall at the end of the growing season.
  3. 3. – An affix added to the end of a word or stem serving to form a new word.
  4. 5. – Life history; the changes in the form of life that an organism goes through.
  5. 7. – A system of persons or things ranked one above another.
  6. 8. – In the botanical classification of plants, a category in between class and family.
  7. 9. – The forming, sorting, apportioning, grouping, or dividing of objects into classes to form an
  8. 14. – A group of closely related genera.
  9. 15. the grasses and legumes used for hay.
  10. 16. – A group of related plants and animals that differs from other similar groups by characteristics too
  11. 18. – Plants living one year or less. During this time, the plant grows, flowers, produces seeds, and dies.
  12. 19. – A cone-bearing tree.
  13. 22. – A group of species of plants or animals believed to have descended from a common direct ancestor
  14. 23. – Within the taxonomic system of classifications, how plants are ordered concerning their
  15. 25. (plural, genera) and species (both singular and plural); e.g., the generic name (genus) of corn is Zea,
  16. 28. are similar enough to constitute a useful unit at this level of taxonomy.
  17. 30. that retain their distinguishing features when reproduced sexually or asexually.
  18. 31. – An affix; attached to the front of a word to produce a derivative word or an inflected form.
  19. 33. – A cultivated variety. A group of cultivated plants that are distinguished by any significant character
  20. 34. the species name is mays.
  21. 36. name – The scientific name of plants, which includes the genus and species.
  22. 37. – The science of classification of organisms and other objects and their arrangement into