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1. Abscisic acid (ABA, abscisin)
A lipid hormone that inhibits cell growth in plants; it is associated with fruit drop, leaf death and seed dormancy. It is synthesized in the plastid s from carotenoid s. This hormone helps plants deal with water loss, and its effects can be reversed with gibberellin s.
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2. Kingdom Monera (prokaryotes, monerans)
This biological kingdom is composed of bacteria and cyanobacteria , one-celled (sometimes colonial) organisms whose cells lack a nuclear envelope, mitochondria , or plastid s. They reproduce asexually through fission (splitting in two) and mainly gain their nutrition by absorbing it from their environment (though some species are chemoautotroph s or photosynthetic).
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3. Plastid
A class of organelle s produced only in plants and some protists, the most familiar being chloroplast s.
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4. Plastids
Membrane-bound organelles in plant cells that function in storage (of food or pigments) or food production. Term for any double membrane-bound organelle. Chloroplasts contain the chemicals for photosynthesis , amyloplasts (also known as leukoplasts) store starch, chromoplasts contain colorful pigments such as in the petals of a flower or epidermis of a fruit.
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