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Ovule

Plants; Botany

A structure in a seed plant within which one or more megaspores are formed and which develops into a seed after fertilisation.

Epicalyx

Plants; Botany

A whorl of bracts, just below a flower, looking like a second calyx.

Tree

Plants; Botany

A woody plant at least 5 metres high, with a main axis the lower part of which is usually unbranched.

Shrub

Plants; Botany

A woody plant less than 5 metres high, either without a distinct main axis, or with branches persisting on the main axis almost to its base.

Lignotuber

Plants; Botany

A woody swelling below or just above the ground, containing adventitious buds from which new shoots develop if the top of the plant is cut or burnt (common in the shrubby eucalypts and in many other ...

Embryo

Plants; Botany

A young plant contained within an archegonium or seed.

Zygote

Plants; Botany

A zygote is a single diploid cell produced by the combination of two haploid cells - a female ovule and a male sperm. The zygote contains DNA originating from both mother and father with all the ...

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