Botany roots shoots.txt

Fibrous (or diffuse) and tap

The area of soil around a tree occupied by root tips and into which water drips from the leaf canopy.

A protective cover over a root tip.

A hairlike projection of a root's epidermal cell.

A bud at the tip of a stem

An immature leaf located at stem tip

An immature axillary bud.... the beginning of a potential branch

The angle between the upper surface of a leaf and the stem to which it is attached.

The segment of a stem to which leaves and axillary buds are attached

The segment of a stem between two nodes

Alternate, opposite, whorled

Soft, green, and containing little woody tissue

The protective outer tissue of the bark

A small gas-exchange opening in the cork of a woody stem

A scar left on a stem after a leaf has fallen

A modified leaf protecting a bud.

A bud at the tip of a stem. (terminal bud)

A leaf stalk.

A leaf in which he blade is attached to the stem by a petiole.

A leaf in which the blade is directly attached to the stem.

A leaf in which the blade is divided into separate leaflets.

A leaf in which the leaflets are arranged on both sides of a common axis. "featherlike"

A leaf in which the leaflets radiate from one point.

A vein pattern in which the major veins are arranged in rows on either side of the midrib.

A vein pattern in which the major veins radiate from one point.

A netlike vein pattern in some leaves.

Groups of related species

A meristem located between nondividing tissues such as the base of a leaf. Grass for example.

1. Anchor plant. 2. Absorb water and nutrients. 3. Store food.