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Botany

Terms that are in relation to the study or science of plants.

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cotyledon

Biology; Botany

A leaf growing from a plant embryo that is contained in a seed. They take in and store food for the growing plant.

cross-pollination

Biology; Botany

A kind of pollination in which pollen is moved from the stamen of a flower on one plant to the pistil of a flower on another plant.

flower

Biology; Botany

The part of a flowering plant that contains the organs of reproduction and is able to produce seeds.

sepal

Biology; Botany

One of the usually green parts of a plant that look like leaf and grow out from the base of a flower.

self-pollination

Biology; Botany

A kind of pollination that takes place in plants with flowers that have both male and female parts in a single flower.

spore

Biology; Botany

A single cell that can grow into a new living thing without being fertilized by another cell.

stalk

Biology; Botany

The main stem of a plant, such as a flower. The slender plant part that supports another part as leaf.

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