MASTER GARDENER-GA Chapter 02:
Basic Botany
Binomial nomenclature - Answer system in which the scientific name of a plant consists of
two parts indicating the genus and species.
Cambium - Answer tissue in a plant that produces new cells.
Corm - Answer short, thickened, underground, upright stem in which food is stored.
Cotyledon - Answer leaf or leaves of the embryo, also called seed leaves.
Crown - Answer part of a plant where the root and the stem meet.
Cultivar - Answer cultivated variety; a subdivision of a species, a result of human-
manipulated hybridization.
Deciduous - Answer plants that drop their leaves at the end of each growing season.
Dicot - Answer dicotyledon; flowering plants with embryos that have two cotyledons.
Dioecious - Answer plants that have only male or only female flowers on an individual plant.
Genus - Answer groups of closely related species clearly defined from other plants
Hybrid - Answer first generation cross between two genetically diverse parents.
Latent bud - Answer dormant bud that is capable of growth and development.
Lateral bud - Answer buds on the sides of stems, responsible for growth of leaves and side
branches.
Meristem - Answer region of cell and tissue initiation; cells that do not mature, but remain
capable of further growth and division.
Basic Botany
Binomial nomenclature - Answer system in which the scientific name of a plant consists of
two parts indicating the genus and species.
Cambium - Answer tissue in a plant that produces new cells.
Corm - Answer short, thickened, underground, upright stem in which food is stored.
Cotyledon - Answer leaf or leaves of the embryo, also called seed leaves.
Crown - Answer part of a plant where the root and the stem meet.
Cultivar - Answer cultivated variety; a subdivision of a species, a result of human-
manipulated hybridization.
Deciduous - Answer plants that drop their leaves at the end of each growing season.
Dicot - Answer dicotyledon; flowering plants with embryos that have two cotyledons.
Dioecious - Answer plants that have only male or only female flowers on an individual plant.
Genus - Answer groups of closely related species clearly defined from other plants
Hybrid - Answer first generation cross between two genetically diverse parents.
Latent bud - Answer dormant bud that is capable of growth and development.
Lateral bud - Answer buds on the sides of stems, responsible for growth of leaves and side
branches.
Meristem - Answer region of cell and tissue initiation; cells that do not mature, but remain
capable of further growth and division.
