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Botany
The science or study of plants.
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biosphere
- 1.The part of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
- 2.The living organisms and their environment composing the biosphere
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food chain
1. A succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitutes a continuation of food energy from one organism to another as each consumes a lower member and in turn is preyed upon by a higher member.
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consumer
1. A heterotrophic organism that ingests other organisms or organic matter in a food chain.
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Producer
A photosynthetic green plant or chemosynthetic bacterium, constituting the first trophic level in a food chain; an autotrophic organism.
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plant biotechnology
is a set of techniques used to adapt plants for specific needs or opportunities.
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diversity
the state or quality of being different or varied
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eukaryotes
A single-celled or multicellular organism whose cells contain adistinct membrane-bound nucleus.
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prokaryotes
- An organism of the kingdom Prokaryotae, constituting the bacteriaand cyanobacteria, characterized by the absence of a nuclearmembrane and by DNA that is not organized into chromosomes.
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Meristem
is the tissue in all plants consisting of undifferentiated cells (meristematic cells) and found in zones of the plant where growth can take place
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parenchyma
are thin-walled cells of the ground tissue that make up the bulk of most nonwoody structures, yet sometimes their cell walls can be lignified.
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Collenchyma
- 1. Meaning "glue", which refers to the thick, glistening appearance of the walls in fresh tissues.
- 2.Collenchyma tissue is composed of elongated cells with unevenly thickened walls.
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Sclerenchyma
1. Is a supporting tissue in plants. Two groups of sclerenchyma cells exist: fibres and sclereids. Their walls consist of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin
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trichomes
1. are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants and certain protists
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