Plant Science Vocabulary

4. A flower that does not have both male and female structures. It either lacks stamens or lacks carpels.
6. A flower has both stamens and carpels
7. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
10. the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma.
11. A flower that lacks pistils(male).
14. Plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects.
15. Flowering plants or angiosperms, the seeds of which typically contain two embryonic leaves, or cotyledons.

1. an embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or more of which are the first leaves to appear from a germinating seed.
2. A plant that lives more than two years.
3. A flower that lacks stamens is(female).
5. a flattened structure of a higher plant, typically green and blade-like, that is attached to a stem directly or via a stalk. Leaves are the main organs of photosynthesis and transpiration.
8. A plant that takes two years to grow from seed to fruition, and then dies.
9. A plant that completes its life cycle, within one growing season, and then dies.
11. The main body or stalk of a plant or shrub, typically rising above ground but occasionally subterranean.
12. Grass and grass-like flowering plants, the seeds of which typically contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon.
13. the part of a plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibers.