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structure in seed cones in which the female gametophytes develop
hollow plant cell in xylem with thick cell walls strengthened by lignin
vascular tissue that carries water upward from the roots to every part of the plant
any of a group of seed plants that bear their seeds within a layer of tissue that protects the seed; flowering plant
male reproductive structure in some plants; produces sperm
spore capsule in which haploid spores are produced by meiosis
structure in plants that produces egg cells
vein tubules that carry glucose away from a leaf
vascular tissue that carries water to leaf cells
ground tissue of a leaf containing chloroplasts
rounded mesophyll cells with air spaces between
inner layer of the leaf where photosynthesis occurs, tall and closely packed mesophyll cells
many leaflets per petiole type of leaf
leaf "stalk" that connects blade to stem
may be either pinnate, palmate, or dichotomous
region where petiole joins leaf to stem
Waxy, waterproof covering of the leaf
describes a leaf blade with large projections
evaporation of water through open stomata in a leaf
type of leaf with one blade per petiole