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vocab
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biotic | pertaining to life |
abiotic | of or characterized by the absence of life or living organisms |
angiosperms | a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant |
monocots | one of the major groups flowering plants are divided into: has 1 embryo |
dicots | other group: has 2 embrioes |
flowering plant | a plant that produces flowers, fruit, and seeds; angiosperm |
petals | one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower |
peduncle | a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower |
sepals | one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower |
stamen | the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther |
anther | the pollen-bearing part of a stamen |
ovules | the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed |
ovary | the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop |
pistil | the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma |
stigma | the part of a pistil that receives the pollen |
filament | the stalklike portion of a stamen, supporting the anther |
style | a mode of living, as with respect to expense or display |
reproduction | the act or process of reproducing |
fertilization | an act, process, or instance of fertilizing |
pollination | the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma |
sterile | noting a plant in which reproductive structures fail to develop |
pollen | the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses |
embryo | the rudimentary plant usually contained in the seed |
dormancy | the state of being dormant |
germination | to develop into a plant or individual, as a seed, spore, or bulb |
pollinators | anything that coverts pollen to another plant |