Stems and Buds

5. / scientist that studies plants
7. meristem / primary growing point of the stem
8. / outer, usually green, leaf-like parts of a flower
9. bud / bud which will produce a new leaf or stem which is located along the side of a plant stem
11. / center portion of plant stem
13. root / Roots beginning from a stem or leaf
14. / plants that have flattened leaf blades
15. / woody portion of stem that conducts water and nutrients throughout the plant

1. / pore openings in epidermal layer of plant tissue
2. / mature ovary of a flowering plant
3. / improved plant developed by crossing parents
4. / vascular tissue that moves food from from where it is manufactured to other parts of the plant
5. / plant that completes it's life cycle in two growing seasons
6. / plant with 2 seed leaves
8. / cultivated variety
10. / plant that germinates from seed and grows to maturity, flowers and produces seed in one growing season
11. growth / growth that originates in the apical meristem
12. / plant that keeps it's leaves year round