Plant Structures and Taxonomy

4. a single leaf arising from a plant stem.
6. a terminal bud on a plant that produces flowers.
7. the wide portion of a leaf in which photosynthesis occurs.
11. one of the two major root systems, consisting of many fine hairlike
12. to the sun.
13. the outermost part of a root that protects the tender tip of a growing root as it
15. root other than the primary root or a branch of a primary root.
18. bud at the end of a twig or branch.
19. vessels of the vascular bundle that carry the water and nutrients from roots to
21. edges of the leaf.
22. large main root of the system; usually has few or no branch roots.
23. the upper angle between the leaf or flower stem and the stalk of a plant.
24. and not winter hardy.
25. area between two nodes.

1. the slender leaf stock that supports the blade, attaching it to the stem of the
2. short underground stems surrounded by many overlapping, fleshy leaves.
3. two or more leaves arising from a common point on the stem.
5. is a process by which a plant leaf is capable of adjusting its angle of
8. short, flattened underground stems surrounded by scaly leaves.
9. a plant whose stem does not turn woody; it is more or less soft and
10. root.
14. a terminal plant bud that produces stem and leaf growth.
16. specialized food-storage stem that grows underground.
17. small microscopic roots that arise from the cells located on the surface of a
20. the soil.