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Endosperm
The endosperm is the food storage tissue in seeds that is formed by the secondary fertilization when the egg and sperm unite.
January 31, 2012
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Embryo
The embryo is the immature, dormant plant contained in a seed. The embryo has all of the characteristics of plant that it will become, in miniature.
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Egg
The egg is the female cell needed, in addition to sperm, for fertilization to occur. It is termed a “gamete” which originates from the Greek word, gamein, which means to marry.
January 31, 2012
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Dormancy
Dormancy is the state of reduced cellular activity the seed enters after it is formed. The dormancy state allows a seed to survive long periods of time during adverse conditions.
January 31, 2012
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Dicots
The dicots are one of the two major divisions of the angiosperms, the other being monocots.
January 30, 2012
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Cell
The cell is the basic building block of a living organism, plant or animal. The term “cell” was coined by the first man, Robert Hooke, to look at one using a microscope of his own construction in 1665.
January 30, 2012
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Anther
The anther is the pollen bearing part of the stamen of a flower.
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Angiosperms
Angiosperms are the group of plants we know of flowering plants, as opposed to the gymnosperms, or “naked seed” plants and spore producing plants like ferns and fungi.
January 30, 2012
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Botanical Terms
Anemochory Angiosperms Anther Cell Cotyledons Dicots Dormancy Egg Embryo Endosperm Endogenous Dormancy Epizoochory Exogenous Dormancy Fertilization Hydrochory Hypocotyl Imbibe Myrmecochory Nucleu Ovary Ovule Pappus Photodormancy Plumule Pollen Radicle Samara Scarification Seed coat Sperm Stigma Stratification Thermodormancy Zoochory Zygote Back to Botany Gardening Books © Gardens and Nature 2012
January 28, 2012
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Botany for the Gardener
Botanical Terms Botanical Terms Gardening, like any other activity, has its own terminology. It is helpful for the gardener to know this terminology as well as the life processes of the plants being grown. Botany is the study of plants, their growth patterns, structure, and habits. As the gardener grows to understand the plants better, [...]
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