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sepal
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modified leaf of the outermost ring of a flower; covers and protects the flower bud before it opens
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petal
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one of the modified leaves of the second ring of a flower (inside the sepals)
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anther
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long stalk at the top of a flower's stamen where meiosis produces spores that develop into pollen
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embryo sac
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female gametophyte in a flower containing seven haploid cells, one of which is an egg cell
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style
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narrow structure in a flower; has a sticky tip (the stigma) and leads to the ovary
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stigma
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sticky tip of the style in a flower carpel
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pollination
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process in which pollen grains released from anthers land on the stigma of the flower
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pollen tube
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structure that extends from a pollen grain and carries sperm to the female gameophyte
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cotyledon
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structure in a seed that functions in the storage and transfer of nutrients to the embryo
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germination
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process by which a plant embryo begins to grow
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vegetative reproduction
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method of asexual reproduction in plants
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