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| the reproductive structure found in flowering plants |
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| the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma |
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| the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil |
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| the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma |
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| the organ that bears the ovules of a flower |
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| a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization |
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| A large cell that develops in the ovule of flowering plants. It contains a large number of nuclei derived by division of the megaspore nucleus |
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| The two nuclei within the embryo sac at the upper end in the ovule of the flower, which, with the third (the egg), constitute the egg apparatus |
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| Two haploid nuclei in the embryo sac. These nuclei fuse with a pollen nucleus to form a triploid endosperm nucleus, which subsequently divides to form the endosperm. |
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| A group of cells, situated at the opposite end to the micropyle, in the mature embryo sac of flowering plants. They are very large and have highly endopolyploid nuclei |
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| the male reproductive organ of a flower |
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| the part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne on a stalk |
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| a collection of 4 pollen grains which will divide |
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| The microspore of a seed plant, haploid cells that comprise of give rise to the male gametophyte (microgametophyte) |
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| nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants |
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| the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant |
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| the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary |
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