Chapter 5 Vocabulary - Exploring Creation with Botany
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| Seed dispersal | Getting seeds from the parent plant to a new location.
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| Schizocarps | Two-sided winged fruits
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| Parasitic plant | Steals nutrients from other plants
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| Berry | Entire fruit is fleshy, except for a thin skin (grapes, avocados, blueberries)
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| Pepo | Modified berry with hard skin called a rind (pumpkins and watermelons)
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| Hesperidium | Leathery skin that is not as hard as the skin of a pepo (all citrus)
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| Pome | A core surrounded by a fleshy tissue that can be eaten (apples and pears)
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| Drupe | Fleshy fruit with a hard stone called a pit (peaches and olives)
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| Grain or Caryopsis | Small, one-seeded fruit with bran and germ (corn and wheat)
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| Pods or legumes | Always have a row of seeds attached to the side of the fruit. They usually split open along both sides (peas, peanuts and beans)
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| Capsules | Have several seeds inside that split open down the sides or around the middle when ready (poppy and primrose)
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| Follicle | Like a capsule, but splits open along only one side when ready to release its seeds (magnolia and milkweed)
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| Achene | Single seed inside a shell, but the seed must be separated from the shell. They usually form in groups and can have parachutes or hard shells (dandelion, strawberry, sunflower)
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| Samaras | Seeds inside a winged fruit that float in the breeze. If two are attached, they are called schizocarps (maple, ash, elm)
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| Nuts | Single seed surrounded by a hard, woody covering (acorns and chestnuts)
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