How do plants grow?

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A young girl in a white shirt examines a ripe red tomato on the vine in a garden, preparing to harvest it.

A young green seedling with several leaves grows from soil, illuminated by bright sunlight streaming in from the upper right.

Five sunflower sprouts at different stages of germination emerge from dark soil, each with roots and seed coats still attached to their stems.

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A young girl in a white shirt examines a ripe red tomato on the vine in a garden, preparing to harvest it.

Growing tomatoes

A young girl inspecting a ripe tomato in a garden.

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Meristem

Meristem

Longitudinal section of an apical meristem.

J.M. Langham

A young green seedling with several leaves grows from soil, illuminated by bright sunlight streaming in from the upper right.

Photosynthesis

A young plant growing in the sunlight

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Five sunflower sprouts at different stages of germination emerge from dark soil, each with roots and seed coats still attached to their stems.

Seeds germinating

Sunflowers growing from the soil toward the sun.

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