Meaning | The parts of a plant involved in its reproduction. |
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Narrower | agamete | An asexual reproductive cell |
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anther | The part of the stamen that contains pollen |
antheridium | The male sex organ of spore-producing plants |
ascus | saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes |
basidium | A small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections |
cone, strobilus, strobile | cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts |
endosperm | nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants |
flower, bloom, blossom | reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts |
fructification | organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses) |
fruit | The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant |
gametangium | cell or organ in which gametes develop |
gametoecium | gametangia and surrounding bracts |
gametophore | A modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts |
gemma | small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual |
gleba | fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn |
hymenium | Spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia |
ovary | The organ that bears the ovules of a flower |
ovule | A small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant |
pistil | The female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma |
placenta | That part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form |
placentation | arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary |
sorus | cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond |
sorus | A spore-producing structure in certain lichens and fungi |
sporangium, spore case, spore sac | organ containing or producing spores |
sporocarp, spore case | Specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia |
sporophore | A spore-bearing branch or organ |
stamen | The male reproductive organ of a flower |
stigma | The apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil |
style | (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma |
testa, episperm, seed coat | Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants |
Broader | plant organ | A functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus |
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Spanish | aparato reproductor, estructura reproductiva |
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Catalan | aparell reproductor, estructura reproductiva |
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