GA MASTER GARDENER--CHAPTER
02: BASIC BOTANY EXAM
Binomial nomenclature - Correct Answers -system in which the scientific name of a
plant consists of two parts indicating the genus and species.
Cambium - Correct Answers -tissue in a plant that produces new cells.
Corm - Correct Answers -short, thickened, underground, upright stem in which food is
stored.
Cotyledon - Correct Answers -leaf or leaves of the embryo, also called seed leaves.
Crown - Correct Answers -part of a plant where the root and the stem meet.
Cultivar - Correct Answers -cultivated variety; a subdivision of a species, a result of
human-manipulated hybridization.
Deciduous - Correct Answers -plants that drop their leaves at the end of each growing
season.
Dicot - Correct Answers -dicotyledon; flowering plants with embryos that have two
cotyledons.
Sepals - Correct Answers -structures that usually form the outermost whorl of a flower.
Together, they are called the calyx.
Species - Correct Answers -group of closely related individual that have the potential to
reproduce with each other; a unit of classification.
Stamen - Correct Answers -the male part of the flower. It consists of the anther and the
slender filament that holds it in position.
Dioecious - Correct Answers -plants that have only male or only female flowers on an
individual plant.
Genus - Correct Answers -groups of closely related species clearly defined from other
plants
02: BASIC BOTANY EXAM
Binomial nomenclature - Correct Answers -system in which the scientific name of a
plant consists of two parts indicating the genus and species.
Cambium - Correct Answers -tissue in a plant that produces new cells.
Corm - Correct Answers -short, thickened, underground, upright stem in which food is
stored.
Cotyledon - Correct Answers -leaf or leaves of the embryo, also called seed leaves.
Crown - Correct Answers -part of a plant where the root and the stem meet.
Cultivar - Correct Answers -cultivated variety; a subdivision of a species, a result of
human-manipulated hybridization.
Deciduous - Correct Answers -plants that drop their leaves at the end of each growing
season.
Dicot - Correct Answers -dicotyledon; flowering plants with embryos that have two
cotyledons.
Sepals - Correct Answers -structures that usually form the outermost whorl of a flower.
Together, they are called the calyx.
Species - Correct Answers -group of closely related individual that have the potential to
reproduce with each other; a unit of classification.
Stamen - Correct Answers -the male part of the flower. It consists of the anther and the
slender filament that holds it in position.
Dioecious - Correct Answers -plants that have only male or only female flowers on an
individual plant.
Genus - Correct Answers -groups of closely related species clearly defined from other
plants
