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Flowers

Of or realting to the reproductive part of a flowering plant. The flower facilitates the unification of sperm and eggs. Also, flowers are used by humans as decoration, romance, ritual, religion, medicine, and food source.

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adventitious roots

Plants; Flowers

A root that grows from somewhere other than the primary root, for example, roots that arise from stems or leaves.

alternation of generations

Plants; Flowers

Life cycle in which haploid and diploid generations alternate with each other.

anemophily

Plants; Flowers

Seed plants which are pollinated by wind are said to be anemophilous.

angiosperm

Plants; Flowers

A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary, which may mature into a fruit; flowering plants.

anther

Plants; Flowers

The pollen producing tip of a stamen; part of a flower.

antheridium

Plants; Flowers

The organ on a gametophyte plant which produces the sperm cells.

anthophyte

Plants; Flowers

A flowering plant, or any of its closest relatives, such as the Bennettitales, Gnetales, or Pentoxylales.

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