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Fruit Terminology (Part 2)
... Tree Two anthocarps of the desert sand verbena (Abronia villosa var. villosa). Each seed-bearing ovary (achene) is tightly encased within the persistent winged calyx. Left: Desert (dune) evening primrose (Oeothera ... in coconuts. In true nuts, the hard, indehiscent layer surrounding the seed is the ripened ovary wall or pericarp and the outer husk is composed of involucral tissue (or calyx tissue) ...
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Fruit Terminology (Part 4)
... : Accessory fruit with thick hypanthium. 'Gala' apple, a cultivated variety of Malus domestica. The seed-bearing ovary (core) is surrounded by a thick, fleshy hypanthium that is not part of the pericarp. It ... contain tissue from the receptacle. In the pome, the thickened, fleshy hypanthium is fused with the ovary wall (seed-bearing core). When you eat an apple, you are primarily biting into the ...
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Cucurbits
... unisexual flowers) on a single plant (monoecious). Flowers with five fused petals and five stamens (male) or an inferior ovary (female). Fruits large and fleshy, usually with a hard outer covering (a special type of berry termed a pepo). Seeds attached to the ovary wall (parietal placentation) and not to the center. Many large, fairly flat seeds in which the embryo has two ...
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Clivia Terminology
... axis by means of a flower stalk, called the pedicel (blomsteel) (Fig. 1, pc). Then follows the ovary (vrugbeginsel) of the flower (Fig. 1, ov), situated below the perianth (periant) (Fig.1, per). The ... pollination and fertilization, each fertilized ovule will form a seed, and the developing seeds will stimulate the ovary wall to grow and become the succulent part of the fruit (vrug) (Fig 1, fr). The ...
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Gymnosperms
... Coniferophyta D. Division Gnetophyta These all have in common the fact that there is no protecting ovary wall around the seed as in angiosperm plants - term gymnosperm means "naked seed." The vascular tissue ... berry-like structure surrounds seed. In all cases however, the seeds are not surrounded by an ovary wall. II. Life History Based mainly on Pinus. This genus requires 3 years for completion of ...
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glossary A
... Y Z menu home A - Prefix meaning without. Abaxial Located on the side away from the axis. Achene One-seeded, dry indehiscent fruit with a relatively thin wall in which the seed coat is not fused to the ovary wall. Acuminate Gradually tapering to a sharp point; point is drawn out. Acute Sharply pointed, but less tapering than acuminate; angle 90o or less. Adaxial ...
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glossary A
... X Y Z home A - Prefix meaning without. Abaxial Located on the side away from the axis. Achene A dry, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit with a relatively thin wall in which the seed coat is not fused to the ovary wall. Acuminate Gradually tapering to a sharp point; point is drawn out. Acute Sharply pointed, but less tapering than acuminate; angle 90o or less. Adaxial ...
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Wallace W Hansen Native Plants of the Northwest Carex Densa Dense Sedge Catalog
... also mistaken for grasses as both have inconspicuous flowers. There are several botanical differences and some common sense observations one can make to distinguish these plants. First of all, the seeds of grasses are attached to the ovary wall while sedge seeds are not. Secondly, grasses have hollow stems, where the stems of sedges are solid. Thirdly, in ...
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Wallace W Hansen Native Plants of the NorthwestCarex Obnupta Slough Sedge Catalog
... for grasses as both have inconspicuous, even drab, flowers. There are several botanical differences and some common sense observations one can make to distinguish these plants. First of all, the seeds of grasses are attached to the ovary wall while sedge seeds are not. Secondly, grasses have hollow stems, where the stems of sedges are solid. Thirdly, in ...
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The Seed Biology Place - Seed Structure and Anatomy
... Magnolia. Strophiolate: Seed with elongate aril or strophiole in the hilum region. Fruit: Strictly, the ripened ovary of a plant and its contents. More loosely, the term is extended to the ripened ovary and ... nut-like fruit typical of grasses, e. g. a cereal grain. It is an achene with the ovary wall united with the seed coat. Elaiosomes: A specialty in the dispersal through animals is that through ...
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