Plant Definitions

3. the vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars and other metabolic products downward from the leaves.
5. a spike of minute flowers closely arranged around a fleshy axis and typically enclosed in a spathe, characteristic of the arums.
9. a flower cluster with the separate flowers attached by short equal stalks at equal distances along a central stem
10. Ratio of actual water vapour content to the saturated water vapour content at a given temperature and pressure expressed in percentage
11. Having the floral axis more or less erect but with only a few leaves or devoid of leaves; consisting of a scape.
13. Expanded part of a leaf or petal.
14. plant-specific chemical messengers (hormones) that play a central role in the regulation of the plant cell cycle and numerous developmental processes.

1. the pigment that gives plants their green color
2. the process of aging in plants.
4. plant vascular tissue that conveys water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant and also provides physical support.
6. characteristic of plant parts that have no stalk
7. process in which the plants use atmospheric oxygen for oxidising glucose and other respiratory substrates like proteins, fats, etc
8. silver complex used as a post-harvest conditioner.
12. multifunctional phytohormone that regulates both growth, and senescence