Week 1: Botany Flashcards
Cuticle
Fatty or waxy protective layer covering the outermost layer of structures.
Compound
Consisting of more than one section; a compound leaf consists of many leaflets joined to a single stem.
Angiosperm
Flowering, seed bearing plants
Annual
Plant that lives entire life cycle in one year
Eudicots
Group of plants that have two seed leaves
Genus
Important taxonomic rank; first word in the scientific botanical nomenclature system
Family
Important taxonomic rank; usually groups plants that are genetically related and have similar reproductive growth habits; name usually ends in -aceae
Evaporation
Loss of water from the soil and other surfaces
Carpel
Often used simultaneously with pistil; technically is consists of a single ovary, style and stigma.
Chloroplast
Organelle in which photosynthesis takes place
Eukaryote
Organisms which have cells with a nucleus
Biennial
Plant that lives entire life cycle in two years, reproducing in the second year.
Gymnosperms
Plants that reproduce with seeds but do not have flowers
Calvin Cycle
Second phase of photosynthesis, chemical reaction that fixes carbons into sugars
Cotyledon
Seed leaf; the first leaves emerging from the seed.
