(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
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(botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds
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(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Botany.(botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Botany.(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, Botany.(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, Botany.(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, Botany.(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Botany.(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Botany.(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, Botany.(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Botany.(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, Botany.(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Botany.(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, Botany.(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Botany.(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Botany.(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Botany.(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Botany.(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination
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Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: botany, development, fruit, fertilization, seeds.The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is ex…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: botany, development, fruit, fertilization, seeds.To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the gr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: botany, development, fruit, fertilization, seeds.That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: botany, development, fruit, fertilization, seeds.A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: botany, development, fruit, fertilization, seeds.Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: botany, development, fruit, fertilization, seeds.the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: botany, development, fruit, fertilization, seeds.fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: botany, development, fruit, fertilization, seeds.Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See Gemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: botany, development, fruit, fertilization, seeds.act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency";…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: botany, development, fruit, fertilization, seeds.the sustained, concerted actions of policy makers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specifi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: botany, development, fruit, fertilization, seeds.The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: botany, development, fruit, fertilization, seeds.
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