Search Results for: stalk
Fruits, Flowers, and Seeds
Flowering plants grow in a wide variety of habitats and environments. They can go from germination of a seed to a mature... Read More
Bryophytes
Bryophytes (nonvascular plants) do not have xylem or phloem. The habitations of this plant group are widely varied and... Read More
Intercalary meristem
The basic structural framework of plants is composed of different types of tissues. Based upon the capacity to divide, the... Read More
Choanoflagellate
Definition noun, plural: choanoflagellates A flagellate protozoan of the genera Monosiga and Proterospongia of the class... Read More
Hydrocaulus
Hydrocaulus Origin: NL, fr. Gr. ''ydwr water - a stalk. (Science: zoology) The hollow stem of a hydroid, either simple or... Read More
Moss capsule
Moss capsule (Science: botany) A moss capsule is a part of the moss located at the tip of stalk that contains... Read More
Turgor pressure
In biology, turgor pressure pertains to the pressure that is exerted by the fluid (e.g. water) against the cell wall. It is... Read More
Thistle tube
Definition noun A piece of glassware used in laboratory that consists of tube with funnel-like portion at the top and a... Read More
Growth and Plant Hormones
Growth All living organisms begin in the same form: as a single cell. That cell will divide and the resulting cells will... Read More
Tracheophyte
Definition noun, plural: tracheophytes A vascular plant contains the conducting systems which consist of xylem for... Read More
Asexual reproduction
Asexual Reproduction Definition What is asexual reproduction? Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not... Read More
Angiosperm
Angiosperms Definition What is an angiosperm? An angiosperm is a plant that produces flowers. The angiosperms, also... Read More
Sporophyte
Sporophyte Definition What is a sporophyte? Accordingly, the sporophyte is the plant generation that produces spores. To... Read More
Fibroepithelial polyp
Definition noun, plural: fibroepithelial polyps A benign, often solitary, rubbery, polypoid outgrowth of epidermal and... Read More
