Combined Science GCSE
Specialised plant cells
What Specialised plant cells means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Specialised plant cells
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Cells that have elongated and become specialised to form new tissues such as xylem, phloem, epidermis and palisade mesophyll.
Topics that use Specialised plant cells
- Plant tissues (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Air spaces
- Chloroplasts
- Epidermal tissue
- Gas exchange and diffusion
- Guard cells
- Meristem tissue
- Palisade mesophyll
- Phloem
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