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The outer covering of a herbaceous monocot stem is the _____. |
rind |
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Wood is another name for ____ tissue. |
xylem |
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Trees, such as pines and firs, that grow tall and straight with small branches coming from a large central shaft have ____ branching. |
spirelike |
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The bundles of xylem and phloem tubes in a herbaceous stem are ____ bundles. |
vascular |
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The large bud at the end of a twig that allow a stem to grow in length is the ____. bud. |
terminal |
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Small openings in the bark that allow air to enter the stem are ____. |
lenticels |
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The alternating patterns in a woody stem consisting of distinct layers of springwood and summerwood are called ____. |
growth rings or wood grain |
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The older, inner wood of a stem that can no longer conduct sap but serves only as support for the stem is called ____. |
heartwood |
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The outer section of a woody stem, which protects the stem and contains the phloem, is called the ____. |
bark |
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The section of a twig between nodes is the ____. |
internode |