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Apologia Botany
Apologia Botany Chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Seed | A baby plant in a protective coating with food |
| Dormant | Asleep |
| Seed requires __________,__________,___________ to grow | Warmth, water, and air |
| Embryo | Baby plant in a seed |
| Testa | Seed's coat |
| Seedling | little plant |
| Hilum | the scar on a seed marking where the seed was attached to the parent plant. It is like a belly button |
| Cotyledons | The part of the seed that uses to nourish the embryo as it develops into a seedling |
| Epicotyl | The top part of the embryo |
| Plumules | the feather-like leaves on the embryo |
| Radicle | Embryo's root |
| Endospern | the nutrition within the seed before it gets absorbed by the cotyledons |
| Plants are | producers |
| People are | Comsumers |
| Germination | Water get inside the seed, and the embryo wake up |
| Plumule means in Latin | feather |
| Monocot | 6 petals flower |
| Dicot | five petals flower |