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- 2. length How plants “tell” what season it is
- 6. The name for a flower with fused petals, like a petunia.
- 7. Look like pine cones, but these structures are found on trees of the Alnus genus
- 8. The genus of the plant that makes up one fifth of the world’s calories
- 10. A genera that contains a tree in which white, showy flowers appear before the leaves
- 12. The dimer that, when bound to photoreceptor, can control things like growth of stolons/runners
- 13. A berry with a hard rind and multiple seeds
- 15. meristem The anatomical feature of many species in the Poaceae genus that allow blades to be cut and regrow
- 17. The cup shaped structure that joins a flower to its stalk
- 19. Among the ginkgo's unique features, _____ veination on the leaves is one.
- 22. The number of petals wild roses have
- 23. The central divider of a leaf or modified leaf; important in active trap plants functioning
- 24. The technical name for an aboveground stem that can "explore" and put down new roots
- 28. Combining two Malus cultivars is covered by this botanical term
- 30. Lignified leaf material used for defense on many plants (not to be confused with prickles)
- 32. This plant commonly used in St. Patrick's’ day dishes is an example of a stem with short internodes.
- 33. The ability to move through plant cell walls, but NOT plasma membrane
- 34. The main storage organelle in a plant cell
- 37. A gas exchange portal found on the bark of trees; particularly notable on cherry and aspen trees
- 38. 1 4 glycosidic bonds What is found in starch but not cellulose
- 39. A type of berry: multiple fused ovaries with juice filled “hairs”. Limes are an example.
- 42. Gas borne hormone controls ripening, sugar content, and breaks down cell walls of fruit
- 43. A cell ____ under the influence of auxin, creating photo and gravitropism
- 44. The structures within a plant that transport sugars
- 45. meristem A collection of undifferentiated cells where vegetation can begin
- 47. This plant hormone is a relative of adenine, has various side chains on the 6th carbon, and controls root/shoot development
- 48. mays Scientific name for a plant; in the grass family; female seed can be popped to be eaten
- 49. Generally considered the flesh of a fruit
- 50. hairs An insect needs to disturb these in order for an action potential to be sent in an active trap.
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- 1. testicles Professor Poxlietner’s slang name for the fruit of the horse chestnut tree
- 3. If it has a taproot, it is a ________
- 4. In between guard cells
- 5. Embryonic root
- 9. Plants need 100-1000 mg of this category of compounds per 1 kg of dry weight
- 11. mesophyll This is the tissue that is below the palisade parenchyma in a leaf.
- 14. Apple and pear fall in to this catagory
- 16. Hairs on the abaxial surface of the leaf
- 18. These are the main starch storage molecules in a plant cell
- 20. Plants are not mobile, they are ____ (begins with an S)
- 21. Part of a flower that contains ovules and is responsible for the formation of fruit
- 25. Used for water movement in gymnosperms
- 26. The ___ strip blocks symplastic movement
- 27. Some folks are allergic to the gluten protein found in this grass, in the ___ genus.
- 29. The arrangement of the inflorescences on a snap dragon flower
- 31. Parts of 4 and 5 are typical for this class of plants
- 35. buds The technical term for the "eyes" that appear on tubers such as potatoes
- 36. The veination arrangement that monocot plants tend to follow
- 40. Makes up "softer" parts of the plant such as flowers and leaves
- 41. A plant that lives several growing seasons
- 42. Moss growing on the surface of a tree is a _____
- 46. The genus of a sugar-bearing tree