Reproduction of Seed Plants

Set: Reproduction of Seed Plants

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	Term	Definition
	pollen cone	cone in gymnosperms that produces male gametophytes in the form of pollen grains
	seed cone	cone that produces female gametophytes
	ovule	structure in seed cones in which female gametophytes develop
	pollen tube	structure grown by a pollen grain; contains two haploid sperm nuclei
	sepal	outermost circle of flower parts that encloses a bud before it opens and protects the flower while it is developing
	petal	petabrightly colored structure just inside the sepals; attracts insects and other pollinators to a flower
	stamen	male part of the flower; made up of an anther and a filament
	filament	a long, thin structure that supports an anther
	anther	flower structure in which haploid male gametophytes are produced
	carpel	innermost part of a flower that produces the female gametophytes
	ovary	a flower structure that contains one or more ovules from which female gametophytes are produced
	style	narrow stalk of the carpel in a flower
	stigma	sticky portion at the top of the style where pollen grains frequently land
	embryo sac	female gametophyte within the ovule of a flowering plant
	endosperm	food-rich tissue that nourishes a seedling as it grows
	double fertilization	fertilization in angiosperms, in which two distinct fertilization events take place between the male and female gametophytes
	angiosperm	a flowering plant
	fruit	a ripened ovary that contains angiosperm seeds
	dormancy	period of time during which a plant embryo is alive but not growing
	germination	early growth stage of a plant embryo

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