a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Cell biology.Arthrospore
one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi
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primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Cell biology.primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Cell biology.a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell; "anthrax grows by dividing into two daughter cells that are generally identi…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Cell biology.cell from which another cell of an organism (usually of a different sort) develops; "a sperm cell develops from a sperm mother cell"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Cell biology.a cell that is a structural and functional unit of a plant
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Cell biology.a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Cell biology.(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants.(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants.(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants.(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usuall…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants.(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants.(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants.(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and support…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants.(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants.(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants.(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants.(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
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Having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: string, thick, walled, vegetative, resting.plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: string, thick, walled, vegetative, resting.nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: string, thick, walled, vegetative, resting.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: string, thick, walled, vegetative, resting.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: string, thick, walled, vegetative, resting.mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: string, thick, walled, vegetative, resting.any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: string, thick, walled, vegetative, resting.formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, alg…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: string, thick, walled, vegetative, resting.mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: string, thick, walled, vegetative, resting.thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: string, thick, walled, vegetative, resting.double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: string, thick, walled, vegetative, resting.thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: string, thick, walled, vegetative, resting.Explore Academic Dictionary
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