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Vegetative parts of flowering plants
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Root
Cap
- Parenchymatous, protective apex of
root
.
Root
Hair
- Lateral, absorbing outgrowth of the epidermal cell.
Secondary
Root - Lateral root with root cap and
hairs
, derived from the
pericycle.
Bud
- Immature vegetative or floral shoot or both, often covered by scales.
Flower - Reproductive structure of flowering plants
Fruit
- Matured ovary of flowering plants
Leaf
- A photosynthetic and transpiring organ
Root
- An absorbing and anchoring organ
Seed
- Matured ovule of seed plants
Stem
- A supporting and conducting organ usually developed initially from the epicotyl and
growing upward
Bark
- Tissues of plant outside wood or xylem.
Pith
- Centermost tissue of stem, usually soft.
Wood
- Xylem consisting of vessels and/or tracheids, fibers, and parenchyma cells
Bud Primordium
- Meristematic tissue that gives rise to a lateral bud.
Flower Primordium
- Meristematic tissue that gives rise to a flower.
Leaf Primordium
- Meristematic tissue that gives rise to a leaf.
Promeristem
- Apical growing or meristematic tissue that gives rise to other bud parts.
Scale
- Protective leaf on outside of bud.
Blade
- Flat, expanded portion of leaf.
Leaflet
- A distinct and separate segment of a leaf.
Ligule
- An outgrowth or projection from the top of the sheath, as in the Poaceae.
Midrib
- The central conducting and supporting structure of the blade of a simple leaf.
Midvein
- The central conducting and supporting structure of the blade of a leaflet
Petiole
- Leaf stalk.
Petiolule
- Leaflet stalk.
Pulvinus
- The swollen base of a petiole or petiolule.
Rachilla
- Secondary axis of compound leaf.
Rachis
- The main axis of a pinnately compound leaf.
Sheath
- Any more or less tubular portion of the leaf surrounding the stem or culm, as in thePoaceae.
Stipels
- Paired scales, spines, or glands at the base of petiolule.
Stipules
- Paired scales, spines, glands, or blade-like structures at the base of a petiole.