Botany Vocabulary - Statistics

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The green pigment of plants and photosynthetic algae and bacteria that traps the energy of sunlight for photosynthesis. Chlorophyll
76%
A fine powdery substance produced by the anthers of seed-bearing plants, consisting of numerous fine grains containing the male gametes. Pollen
74%
The synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water (with the release of oxygen) using light energy absorbed by chlorophyll. Photosynthesis
72%
Having male and female flowers in the same cluster. Androgynous
67%
To transfer pollen from the anthers to the stigma of (a flower). Pollinate
66%
The state of growing new leaves. Foliation
62%
The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants, usually consisting of a flat green blade attached to the stem directly or by a stalk. Leaf
61%
To cause (seeds or spores) to sprout or (of seeds or spores) to sprout or form new tissue following increased metabolism. Germinate
60%
The main axis of a plant, which bears the leaves, axillary buds, and flowers and contains a hollow cylinder of vascular tissue. Stem
59%
The directional growth of plants in response to the stimulus of water. Hydrotropism
58%
A fleshy underground stem (as in the potato) or root (as in the dahlia) that is an organ of vegetative reproduction and food storage. Tuber
58%
A rounded organ of vegetative reproduction in plants such as the tulip and onion: a flattened stem bearing a central shoot surrounded by fleshy nutritive inner leaves and thin brown outer leaves. Bulb
56%
A dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit that usually possesses a woody wall. Nut
56%
The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, containing one or more seeds. Fruit
53%
A solution of mineral salts, sugars, etc, that circulates in a plant. Sap
53%
The response of a plant to an external stimulus by growth in a direction determined by the stimulus. Tropism
50%
The first aerial part of a plant to develop from a germinating seed. Shoot
45%
The female reproductive part of a flower, consisting of one or more separate or fused carpels. Pistil
42%
A slender stem with very long internodes, as of the strawberry, that arches down to the ground and propagates by producing roots and shoots at the nodes or tip. Runner
42%
The sepals of a flower collectively, forming the outer floral envelope that protects the developing flower bud. Calyx
41%
The reproductive structure of angiosperm plants, consisting normally of stamens and carpels surrounded by petals and sepals all borne on the receptacle. Flower
41%
A mature fertilized plant ovule, consisting of an embryo and its food store surrounded by a protective coat. Seed
41%
The male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of a stalk (filament) bearing an anther in which pollen is produced. Stamen
41%
A thick horizontal underground stem of certain plants whose buds develop new roots and shoots. Rhizome
38%
The terminal part of a stamen usually consisting of two lobes, each containing two sacs in which the pollen matures. Anther
36%
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