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| an organ of climbing plants that grows in spiral form and wraps around another body to help support the plant |
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| the broad, flat portion of a typical leaf |
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| the stalk that attaches a leaf to the stem of a plant |
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| a leaf that has an undivided blade |
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| a type of leaf in which the blade is divided into leaflets |
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| one segment of a compound leaf |
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| in leaves, the tissue between epidermal layers, where photosynthesis occurs |
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| in plants, the layer of vertically elongated cells that contains chloroplasts, that is located beneath the upper epidermis of leaves, and that participates in photosynthesis |
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| inside a leaf, the tissue that is made up of loosely arranged parenchyma cells that contain chloroplasts and are surrounded by air spaces that promote the diffusion of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water throughout the leaf |
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| in plants, a bundle of vascular tissue that transports fluid and nutrients |
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| the arrangement of veins in a leaf |
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| a parallel arrangement of veins |
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| a nonparallel, branching network of veins that is typical of the leaves of dicots |
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| one of a pair of specialized cells that border a stoma and regulate gas exchange |
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