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Alexis H. PLANT REPR
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spores | in plants, haploid cells produced in the gametophyte stage that can divide by mitosis to form plant or can develop into sex cells |
gametophyte | plant life cycle stage that begins when cells in reproductive organs undergo meiosis and produce haploid cells |
sporophyte | plant life cycle stage that begins when an egg is fertilized by a sperm |
frond | leaf of a fern that grows from the rhizome |
rhizone | underground stem |
sori | fern structures in which spores are produced |
prothallus | small, green, heart-shaped gametophyte plant form of a fern that can make its own food and absorb water and nutrients from the soil |
pollen grain | small structure produced by the male reproductive organs of a seed plant; has a water-resistant coat can develope from a spore, and contasins gametophyte that will produce sperm |
pollination | transfer of pollen grains to the female part of a sede plant by agents such as gravity, water, wind, and animals |
ovule | in seed plants, the female reproductive part that produces eggs |
stamen | male reproductive organ inside the flower of an angiosperm; consistsof an anther, where pollen grains form, and a filament |
pistil | female reproductive organism inside the flower of an angiosperm |
ovary | swollen base of an angiosperms pistil, where egg-producing ovules are found |
germination | series of events that results in the growth of a plant from a seed |