germination![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Phenomenon by which, given favorable conditions, a seed will develop and grow into a plant.
root hairs ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Root cell extensions that ensure the provision of water and mineral salts; they increase the surface area available for absorbing nutrients.
leaf ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Usually thin and flat part of a vegetable that grows out of the stem and is specially adapted to capturing light and performing photosynthesis.
terminal bud ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Bud that grows at the end of the stem, enabling it to grow longer.
cotyledon ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
First leaf, formed inside the seed; it provides vital food for the seedling, then withers and falls shortly after germination.
first leaves ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
secondary root ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Offshoot growing out of the primary root.
primary root ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Root that emerges as the radicle develops; many secondary offshoots rapidly grow out of it.
radicle ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
First root produced by the seed; it quickly breaks through the seed coat and grows downward into the soil.
seed ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.