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Agriculture Quiz Bowl. By Jessica Cormican and Rachel Szenay. Canadian Thistle. Lambsquarter. Cocklebur. Quackgrass. Dandelion. Ragweed. Green Foxtail. Velvetleaf. Jimson Weed. Wild Mustard. Saintpaulia species (African Violet). Begonia rex (Rex Begonia).
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Agriculture Quiz Bowl By Jessica Cormican and Rachel Szenay
Tap Root • The main straight root of a plant that has smaller roots growing out from its sides
Fibrous Root • A root system in some plants such as grasses that consists of numerous very fine branches of approximately the same length
Stems • The main stalk of a plant that bears buds and shoots
Xylem • The woody supportive plant tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots through the stem and leaves
Phloem • One of the two main types of tissue in vascular plants, which conducts synthesized nutrients to all parts of the plant. It is made up of sap-conducting tubes sieve tubes and the cells that lie alongside them companion cells, elongated cells of soft tissue parenchyma, and fibers.
Cambium • A cylindrical layer of cells in plant roots and stems that produces the new tissue responsible for increased girth, particularly sap-conducting tissues, xylem and phloem, and bark
Complete flower • Describes flowers that have all the principal flower parts, which are carpels, petals, sepals, and stamens
Incomplete flower A flower without one or more of the normal parts, as carpels, sepals, petals, pistils, or stamens.
Pistil • The female part of a flower
Stigma • The part of a flower that receives pollen
Anther • the top part of a stamen of a flower that contains pollen
Pollen • A powdery substance produced by flowering plants that contains male reproductive cells. It is carried by wind and insects to other plants, which it fertilizes