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Corolla |
All the petals of a flower Collectively |
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Horticulturist |
A person who studies vegetables and fruits |
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Hybrid |
This is a cross between two plant species |
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Gamete |
A reproductive cell |
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Nectar |
Sweet liquid used to attract insects |
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Samara |
Dry fruit with wings |
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Anther |
Produces pollen |
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Stigma |
Where pollen collects before a pollen tube forms |
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Sepal |
Encloses and protects petals |
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Ragweed |
Main cause of hay fever |
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Fruit |
A fully ripened ovary |
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Seed |
Fully developed and matured ovule |
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Radicle |
Could become the roots of a new plant |
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Cotyledon |
Stores food for growth of plumule and radicle |
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Pollination |
Transfer of pollen from anther of stamen to stigma of pistil |
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Self-pollination |
Same plant |
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Cross pollination |
Different plants |
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Fertilization |
Fusion of sperm & eggs -1) pollen tube forms to ovule 2) sperm move down tube 3) sperm irises with egg |
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Germination (including keys) |
Germination needs 1)moisture 2)sunlight 3)good soil 4)temperature (68-86) 5)oxygen It absorb water and use energy in cotyledons to grow shoots & roots |
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Multiple fruits |
Several flowers |
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Legumes |
Pod with many seeds |
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Nuts |
Dry fruit with hard shell |
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Grains |
Fruit of graminoids |
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Drupes |
Outer fleshy with pit |
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Berries |
Fleshy, juicy through all |
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Achenes |
Dry fruit with thin shell |
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Samaras |
Dry fruit with wings |
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Pomes |
Fleshy with papery core |
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Aggregate Fruits |
One flower, several pistil |
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Acorn |
-nut -grows in temperate |
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Sunflower |
-Achene -grows in temperate |
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Avocado |
-Drupe -grows in subtropical |
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Apple |
-pome -grows in temperate |
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Strawberry |
-aggregate -grows in temperate |
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Pineapple |
-multiple fruit -grows in tropical |
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Oranges |
-berry -grows in subtropical |
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Peas |
-legume -grows in temperate |
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Maples seed |
-samara -grow in temperate |
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Blackberries |
-aggregate -grow in temperate |
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Rice |
-grain -grows in subtropical |
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Peanuts |
-legumes -grow in subtropical |