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The scar at the basal ventral end of the seed which attaches to the ovary |
Hilum |
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The white conspicuous, wart structure at the end of the hilum |
Caruncle |
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The small hole located close to the base of the carbuncle on the dorsal side of the seed |
Micropyle |
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The outer covering of the seed |
Testa |
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The inner covering of the seed |
Tegmen |
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The solid white structure which represents the greater part of the seed |
Endosperm |
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The small plant found within the endosperm consisting of cotyledons or seed leaves, radicle or the cylindrical structure which gives rise to the root and plumule or the tiny projecting structure found between the cotyledons opposite the radicle which will develop into a shoot |
Embryo |
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The cotyledons are thickened because they contain food for the embryo |
Exalbuminous |
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Cotyledons are thin because food of the embryo is stored in the endosperm |
Albuminous |
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Composed of plumule of hard, yellow portion called the protein part and inner, soft, white zone known as the starchy part |
Endosperm |
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Composed of plumule, radicle and scutellum or cotyledons. The radicle tip has thin sheth while the stem tip is covered |
Embryo |
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Radicle tip has thin sheath called |
Coleorhiza |
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Stem tip is covered by the |
Coleoptile |
