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Category: Learn Botany Glossary

  • Guard cell

    {“group”:”Anatomy”,”term”:”Guard cell”,”exam”:”Unlike other epidermal cells, guard cells contain chloroplasts.”}

  • Androecium

    {“group”:”Morphology”,”term”:”Androecium”,”exam”:”Stamen = male; carpel/pistil = female.”}

  • Tuber

    {“group”:”Morphology”,”term”:”Tuber”,”exam”:”Potato = stem tuber; sweet potato = root tuber.”}

  • Photosynthesis

    {“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Photosynthesis”,”exam”:”Oxygen comes from photolysis of water, not from CO2.”}

  • Auxin

    {“group”:”Growth & hormones”,”term”:”Auxin”,”exam”:”High auxin:cytokinin in culture favours roots; the reverse favours shoots.”}

  • Parthenocarpy

    {“group”:”Reproduction”,”term”:”Parthenocarpy”,”exam”:”Seedless fruit, not asexual seed.”}

  • Bryophyte

    {“group”:”Major groups”,”term”:”Bryophyte”,”exam”:”Still need a film of water to fertilise.”}

  • Ecological succession

    {“group”:”Ecology”,”term”:”Ecological succession”,”exam”:”Pioneers arrive first; climax is later and more complex.”}

  • Mutation

    {“group”:”Genetics”,”term”:”Mutation”,”exam”:”Point, chromosomal, or genome (ploidy) mutation.”}

  • Dictyosome

    {“group”:”Cell biology”,”term”:”Dictyosome”,”exam”:”Cytokinesis in plants depends on Golgi-derived vesicles.”}