Rudimentary+seed
1seed|ling — «SEED lihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a young plant grown from a seed. 2. a young tree less than three feet high. –adj. 1. developed or raised from seed. 2. like a small seed; existing in a rudimentary state. 3. (of oysters) hatched from seed …
2seed — seedless, adj. seedlessness, n. seedlike, adj. /seed/, n., pl. seeds, (esp. collectively) seed, v., adj. n. 1. the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant. 2. any propagative part of a plant,… …
3seed — [[t]sid[/t]] n. pl. seeds, (esp. collectively)seed, 1) bot the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant 2) bot any propagative part of a plant, including tubers and bulbs 3) bot such parts… …
4ovule — /ov yoohl, oh vyoohl/, n. 1. Bot. a. a rudimentary seed. b. the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed. 2. Biol. a small egg. [1820 30; < L ovulum little egg. See… …
5ovule — /ˈɒvjul/ (say ovyoohl) noun 1. Biology a small egg. 2. Botany a. a rudimentary seed. b. the body which contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, and which after fertilisation develops into a seed. {New Latin ōvulum, diminutive of… …
6ovule — n. (Bot.) Rudimentary seed …
7embryo sac — em′bryo sac n. bot (in flowering plants) a large cell of the rudimentary seed, within which the embryo develops Also called megaspore …
8Glossary of botanical terms — Many of the terms used in Wikipedia glossaries (often most) are already defined and explained within Wikipedia itself. However, lists like the following indicate where new articles need to be written and are also useful for looking up and… …
9Evolution — Evolution (History and Scientific Foundation) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Evolution (History and Scientific Foundation) The world of organisms comprises a great system of individual forms generally classified according to structural… …
10reproductive system, plant — Introduction any of the systems, sexual or asexual, by which plants reproduce. In plants, as in animals, the end result of reproduction is the continuation of a given species, and the ability to reproduce is, therefore, rather conservative …
