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Plant Parts Vocabulary

Key words for the parts of a plant and how plants grow, for word games and review.

  • 🎓 Grades 2–3
  • 🧪 Science
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  1. root

    Plant part that grows underground and takes in water

  2. stem

    Plant part that holds the plant up and carries water

  3. leaf

    Flat green part where a plant makes food

  4. flower

    Plant part that makes seeds

  5. petal

    Colorful part of a flower

  6. seed

    Small part that can grow into a new plant

  7. fruit

    Part of a plant that holds and protects seeds

  8. pollen

    Yellow powder that flowers need to make seeds

  9. bark

    Tough outer covering of a tree trunk

  10. sprout

    A young plant just starting to grow

  11. germinate

    When a seed begins to grow

  12. seedling

    A very young plant grown from a seed

  13. nectar

    Sweet liquid in flowers that bees drink

  14. bud

    Small bump that will open into a leaf or flower

  15. chlorophyll

    Green material in leaves that captures sunlight

  16. photosynthesis

    How plants make food from sunlight, water and air

  17. pollinator

    Animal like a bee that carries pollen between flowers

  18. soil

    Loose top layer of earth where plants grow

  19. thorn

    Sharp point on a stem that protects a plant

  20. vine

    A plant with a long stem that climbs or crawls

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