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Botany

Terms that are in relation to the study or science of plants.

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Botany

Megaspore

Plants; Botany

The larger of the two kinds of spores produced in the sexual life cycle of a heterosporous plant, giving rise to the female gametophyte.

Species

Plants; Botany

The largest group of individuals between which there are no distinguishable, consistent differences in form or reproductive mechanisms.

Inflorescence

Plants; Botany

The group or arrangement in which flowers are borne on a plant.

Antheridium

Plants; Botany

The fertile organ of a male gametophyte or the male organ of a bisexual gametophyte, in which male gametes are formed.

Mesocarp

Plants; Botany

The fleshy portion of the wall of a succulent fruit inside the skin and outside the stony layer, if any, surrounding the seed(s).

Morphology

Plants; Botany

The form and structure of an organism or part of an organism; the study of form and structure.

Karyotype

Plants; Botany

The gross morphology of the chromosome set, described in terms of number, length, centromere position, etc.

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