Unit 2 · Relation of classification of living beings and evolutionPlantae Kingdom
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- Prokaryotic cell: a cell without a true nucleus.
- Saprotrophic: getting food by absorbing it from dead and decaying matter.
- Chlorophyll: the green pigment that lets a plant make food.
- Cellulose: the substance that makes up a plant cell wall.
- Thallus: a plant body not divided into root, stem and leaf.
- Rhizoid: a fine root-like thread that anchors the plant.
- Amphibian plants: land plants that need water for fertilization.
- Dioecious: male and female organs on separate plants.
- Antheridium: the organ that makes male gametes.
- Archegonium: the female organ that makes the ovum.
- Zygote: the cell formed when a male gamete fuses with the ovum.
- Meiosis: the cell division that forms haploid spores.
- Alternation of generation: gametophyte and sporophyte generations following one another.
- Vascular tissue: the tissue that carries water and food through a plant.
- Substratum: the surface, such as rock, soil or bark, that a plant grows attached to.