Stems and Buds

2. / center portion of plant stem
4. / plant with 2 seed leaves
6. / scientist that studies plants
7. / vascular tissue that moves food from from where it is manufactured to other parts of the plant
8. / improved plant developed by crossing parents
11. root / Roots beginning from a stem or leaf
12. / plants that have flattened leaf blades
14. / mature ovary of a flowering plant
15. / woody portion of stem that conducts water and nutrients throughout the plant
17. / plant that germinates from seed and grows to maturity, flowers and produces seed in one growing season

1. / pore openings in epidermal layer of plant tissue
3. meristem / primary growing point of the stem
5. / cultivated variety
6. / plant that completes it's life cycle in two growing seasons
9. growth / growth that originates in the apical meristem
10. / plant that keeps it's leaves year round
13. bud / bud which will produce a new leaf or stem which is located along the side of a plant stem
16. / outer, usually green, leaf-like parts of a flower