M4 PLANT CROSSWORD

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Across
  1. 2. the oak tree (Quercus robur) belongs to this phylum
  2. 3. triploid foodstuff contained in angiosperm seeds to nurture the sporophyte embryo
  3. 7. a hollow tube which develops from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma of a flower (6,4)
  4. 8. the transfer of pollen to a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant to allow fertilisation
  5. 9. a palm-like plant of tropical and subtropical regions, bearing large male or female cones
  6. 10. the part of a stamen that contains the pollen
  7. 12. the female organs of a flower, comprising the stigma, style, and ovary
  8. 15. having both the male and female reproductive organs on the same individual (hermaphrodite)
  9. 16. a plant of a group that comprises those that have seeds unprotected by an ovary or fruit
  10. 17. these tissues are found in all plants except the bryophytes
Down
  1. 1. male gametophyte in seed plants (6,5)
  2. 4. a tiny, typically one-celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion
  3. 5. (in the life cycle of plants with alternating generations)the 2n phase
  4. 6. a chiefly herbaceous angiospermous plant (such as a grass, lily, or palm) having an embryo with a single cotyledon
  5. 8. during double fertilisation, one of the generative nuclei in the pollen grain
  6. 11. (in the life cycle of plants with alternating generations) the gamete-producing phase
  7. 13. a plant of a large group that comprises those that have flowers and produce seeds enclosed within a carpel
  8. 14. in seed plants, the first cell of the female gametophyte generation