matured ovule

  • 1seed — seedless, adj. seedlessness, n. seedlike, adj. /seed/, n., pl. seeds, (esp. collectively) seed, v., adj. n. 1. the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant. 2. any propagative part of a plant,… …

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  • 2grain — n. 1. Seed, kernel, matured ovule. 2. Corn (wheat, rye, oats, barley, maize, etc.), cereals, cereal products. 3. Particle, atom, bit, scrap, jot, whit, mite, ace, iota, tittle, scintilla, trace, spark, shadow, glimmer. 4. Twentieth part of a… …

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  • 3seed — n. 1. Semen, sperm. 2. (Bot.) Embryo (with its envelope or pericarp), matured ovule, kernel, grain. 3. Original, first principle, germ. 4. Progeny, offspring, descendants, children. 5. Race, generation, birth …

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  • 4seed — [[t]sid[/t]] n. pl. seeds, (esp. collectively)seed, 1) bot the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant 2) bot any propagative part of a plant, including tubers and bulbs 3) bot such parts… …

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  • 5seed — Botanically, the matured ovule without accessory parts. Colloquially, anything which may be sown; i.e. seed potatoes (which are vegetative tubers); seed of wheat (karyopses) etc …

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  • 6seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction       respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… …

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  • 7Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …

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  • 8Double fertilization — The parts of a flower Double fertilization …

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  • 9List of plant morphology terms — Biologists that study plant morphology use a number of different terms to describe plant organs and parts that can be observed with the human eye using no more than a hand held magnifying lens. These terms are used to identify and classify plants …

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  • 10Glossary of plant morphology terms — Biologists that study plant morphology use a number of different terms to describe plant organs and parts that can be observed with the human eye using no more than a hand held magnifying lens. These terms are used to identify and classify plants …

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