Term | Definition |
Filament | Thin stalk of the stamen and holds up the anther |
Anther | Where pollen is made, the top of the filament |
Stamen | Male reproductive part of a flower |
Stigma | Sticky top of pistil and collects pollen grains |
Style | Slender tube of pistil, connects stigma to ovary |
Ovary | Hollow structure that protects the flower and holds ovuels |
Pistil | Female reproductive part of flower |
Petal | Colorful part of flower to attract polinators |
Sepal | Small leaf-like parts of a flower the protect it |
Sporophyte | The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces spores |
Gametophyte | The stage in the life cycle of a plant in which the plant produces gametes, or sex cells |
Annual | A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season |
Biennial | A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in two years |
Perennial | A flowering plant that lives for more than two years |
Fertilization | The process in sexual reproduction in which an egg cell and a sperm cell join to form a new cell |
Zygote | A fertilization egg, produced by the joining of a sperm cell and an egg cell |
Cone | The reproductive structure of a gymnosperm |
Ovule | A plant structure in seed plants that produces the female gametophyte; contains an egg cell |
Fruit | The ripened ovary and other structures of an angiosperm that enclose one or more seeds |