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Gymnosperms
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
04/19/2009

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cycadophyta
Definition
a group of seed plants characterized by a large crown of compound leaves and a stout trunk; palmlike
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ginkgophyta
Definition
The phylum that includes ginkgo biloba
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coniferophyta
Definition
A botanical name for a taxon within kingdom Plantae that includes the conifers
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gnetophyta
Definition
gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms
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pollen cone
Definition
the male cone that produces pollen
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microsporangium
Definition
a plant structure that produces microspores
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microspores
Definition
smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants;
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microspore tetrad
Definition
a tetrad of male spores
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pollen
Definition
the microspores that carry the male gametophyte of seed plants
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prothallial nuclei
Definition
minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters
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generative nucleus
Definition
nucleus in a pollen grain that becomes 2 sperm
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tube nucleus
Definition
nucleus in a pollen grain that forms a tube for fertilization of the egg
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seed cone
Definition
the female cone in gymnosperms, contains eggs
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micropyle
Definition
minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters
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ovule
Definition
a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant
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integument
Definition
an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell
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nucellus
Definition
The tissue which surrounds and protects the embryo and lies inside of the integuments
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megaspore mother cell
Definition
In the seed cone and in the ovary of a flower, a diploid cell destined to undergo meiosis and form four haploid magaspores
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cotyledons
Definition
embryonic leaf in a seed bearing plant
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