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In seed plants, the delivery of pollen to the vicinity of the egg producing megagametophyte. |
Pollination |
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Part of a plant leaf that connects the blade to the stem. |
Petiole |
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Process by which plants and algae make their own food using the energy of the sun. |
Photosynthesis |
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In flowering plants, portion of the pistil where pollen grains adhere and germinate before fertilization can occur |
Stigma |
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An organ (generally believed to be a modified foliar unit) at the centre of a flower, bearing one or more ovules and having its margins fused together or with other carpels to enclose the ovule in an ovary, and consisting also of a stigma and usually style. |
Carpel |
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Vascular tissue that transports water and mineral solutes upward through the plant body; it contains vessel elements and tracheids. |
Xylem |
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Vascular tissue that conducts organic solutes in plants; contains sieve-tube elements and companion cells. |
Phloem |
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In flowering plants, the portion of the flower that consists of a filament and an anther containing pollen sacs where pollen is produced |
Stamen |
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In flowering plants, pollen-bearing portion of stamen |
Anther |
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In seed plants, a structure where the megaspore becomes and egg producing megagametophyte and which develops into a seed following fertilization |
Ovule |
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Structure in a flower that consists of a stigma, a style, and an ovule-containing ovary; the ovule becomes a seed and the ovary becomes fruit. |
Pistil |
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Plant's loss of water to the atmosphere, mainly through evaporation at leaf stomata. |
Transpiration |
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In flowering plants, the structure that forms from an ovary and associated tissues and encloses seeds |
Fruit(mature ovary) |