Usman

Category: Learn Botany Glossary

  • Rhizome

    {“group”:”Morphology”,”term”:”Rhizome”,”exam”:”Stem, not root: nodes and buds are the test.”}

  • Imbibition

    {“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Imbibition”,”exam”:”No membrane is required, so it is not osmosis.”}

  • Turgor

    {“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Turgor”,”exam”:”Flaccid = low turgor; plasmolysed = protoplast detached.”}

  • Double fertilization

    {“group”:”Reproduction”,”term”:”Double fertilization”,”exam”:”Two fusions, two products: embryo and endosperm.”}

  • Phylogeny

    {“group”:”Taxonomy”,”term”:”Phylogeny”,”exam”:”A clade is an ancestor plus all descendants (monophyletic).”}

  • Protonema

    {“group”:”Major groups”,”term”:”Protonema”,”exam”:”Moss-specific; many liverworts germinate to a thallus.”}

  • Diploid

    {“group”:”Genetics”,”term”:”Diploid”,”exam”:”Many crops are polyploid (wheat, banana).”}

  • Companion cell

    {“group”:”Anatomy”,”term”:”Companion cell”,”exam”:”Always pair sieve tube with companion cell.”}

  • Tracheid

    {“group”:”Anatomy”,”term”:”Tracheid”,”exam”:”No perforation plates: water moves through pits.”}

  • Root cap

    {“group”:”Morphology”,”term”:”Root cap”,”exam”:”Protects the meristem; it does not absorb most minerals.”}