botany ch9 flowers fruits

a reproductive cell that grows directly into a new plant

a sex cell; sperm or egg

a male sex cell

the product of union of a sperm and egg; a fertilized egg

a mature ovary

the stalk of an individual flower in an inflorescence

the enlarged end of a flower stalk to which the flower parts are attached

a flower having all of the normal flower parts

collectively, all of the sepals in a flower

a flower part that usually encloses and protects the flower bud

a flower lacking one or more of the normal flower parts

collectively, all of the petals in a flower

an often flattened, conspicuously colored flower part

all of the sepals and petals in a flower

a perianth part in flowers having no distinct petals or sepals

the male part of a flower, consisting of an anther and filament

the stalk of a stamen bearing an anther

the pollen bearing part of a stamen

a structure that develops from a microspore in angiosperms and gymnosperms to become a male gametophyte

the female part of a flower

the part of a pistil that receives pollen

the narrow part of a pistil bearing a stigma

the basal portion of a pistil that becomes a fruit

an immature seed

a trumpet-like outgrowth of petals

a flower possessing radial symmetry; any cut through the center divides the flower into two equal parts

an irregular shaped flower divisible into two similar halves along one plane only

pollen transfer from a pollen to a stigma or, in gymnosperms, from a male cone to a female cone

a gland secreting nectar

a sugary fluid secreted in some flowers

a tubular projection from a flower

a contrasting color pattern in a flower that guides a pollinator to the nectar

a shoot bearing clusters of flowers

an inflorescence composed of many tightly packed , small, ray and disc flowers

a small tubular flower at the center of a composite head

one of several small flowers often forming a ring around the disc flowers in a composite head

the transfer of pollen to a flower on another plant

having male and female sex organs on separate individuals

bearing separate male and female flowers on the same plant

the transfer of pollen from an anther to the stigma of the same flower

the development of viable seed from unopened, self-pollinated flowers; closed-marriage

an outgrowth from a pollen grain conveying the sperm to the female gametophyte

food storage-tissue in seeds

an immature plant within a seed

[G: parthenos, "virgin"; karpos, "fruit"] development of a fruit without pollination, fertilization, or seed development

[G: "a different mixing"] development of a viable seed without the fusion of gametes

the fruit wall, derived from the ovary wall

a fruit formed from one ovary

a group of small fruits derived from several ovaries within a single flower

a cluster of mature ovaries from several flowers on a mature stem

a modified leaf arising below a flower of inflorescence

an inflorescence in which the flowers are attached to the main stem without stalks

an inflorescence where flowers are borne on short stalks on an elongated stem

a highly branched inflorescence

an inflorescence in which the flower stalks arise from one point at the tip of a stem

a large bract enclosing a spadix

a spike of flowers enclosed in a spathe

opening for pollen tube to poke its head

a section of an ovary

a branching stem of an inflorescence

fruits that split open

fruits that do no split open

a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants

• simple fleshy fruit that has a pit or stone
• cherry
• date
• peach, plum, nectarine
• coconut
• mango
• olive

• simple fleshy fruit
• apple
• pear
• loquat

• simple fleshy fruit
• grape
• tomato
• banana
• watermelon (pepo)
• pumpkin
• persimmon

• dry, indehiscent
• cannabis
• strawberry (aggregate of achenes)
• sunflower

• orange
• other citrus

• Melon family
• squash
• cucumber

• grain
• corn
• rice
• wheat
• Grass family

• blackberry
• strawberry

• pineapple
• mulberry
• fig

• geranium
• carrot
• celery

• peas
• beans
• all legumes