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| In sexual reporduction, the joining of an egg and a sperm |
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| In plants, haploid cells produced in the gametophyte stage that can divide by mitosis to form plant structures or an entire new plant or can develop into sex cells |
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| Plant life cycle stage that begins when cells in repoductive organs undergo meiosis and produce haploid cells |
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| Plant life cycle stage that begins when an egg is fertilized by a sperm |
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| Vascular plants that do not flower, generally have needlelike or scalelike leaves, and produce seeds that are not protected by fruit |
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| Small structure produced by the male reproductive organs of a seed plant...has a water-resistant coat, can develop from a spore, and contains gametophyte parts that will produce a sperm |
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| Transfer of pollen grains to the female part of a seed plant by agents such as gravity, water, wind, and animals |
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| In seed plants, the female repoductive part that produces eggs |
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| Male reproductive organ inside the flower of an angiosperm; consists of an anther, where pollen grains form |
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| Female reproductive organ inside the flower of an angiosperm; consists of a sticky stigma, where pollen grains land and an ovary |
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| Swollen base of an angiosperm's pistil, where egg-producing ovules are found |
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| Series of events that results in the growth of a plant from a seed |
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| The repoductive structures of gymnosperms |
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| Small, green, leaf-like parts that form on the outside of the flower bud |
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