biology vocab 1
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Frond
A leaf especially of a fern, cycad or palm, a leaf-like portion of a non-vascular plant
This fern is a frond
Pollinator
The agent that moves pollen from the male anthers of a flower to the female stigma of a flower to accomplish fertilization or syngamy of the female gamete in the ovule of the flower by the male gamete from the pollen grain.
This bee pollinates flowers
Arthropod
Any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually a chitinous shell that undergoes moltings, including the insects, spiders and
other arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods.
This spider is an arthropod
Conifer
Any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae
This evergreen is part of the class coniferinae
Insect
Any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into
three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
This fly is an insect
Thorn of a plant
a sharp excrescence on a plant, esp. a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
This plant has thorns on the stems
Stem - Herbaceous
Refers to a plant that has a non-woody stem and which dies back at the end of the growing
season.
This plant has a herbaceous stem
Stem – Woody
Woody - Of or containing wood or wood fibres, consisting mainly of hard lignified
tissues.
This plant has a woody stem