Plant Reproduction
Across
- 3. the male gametophyte in seed plants
- 6. a structure within the ovary that contains a female gametophyte and that develops into a seed after fertilization
- 7. structure that develops from the ovary of a plant after fertilization which contains seeds
- 9. the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma of a flower
- 10. the basal part of the pistil, which contains ovules and later seeds, and which develops into a fruit
Down
- 1. a modified leaf of a seed plant embryo, which often provides nourishment for the developing seedling
- 2. the saclike structure of a stamen in which pollen grains are produced
- 4. a period during which growth and all other metabolic activities stop or are severely reduced
- 5. the part of the pistol between the stigma and the ovary
- 8. in a pistil, the enlarged sticky knob on top of a style that receives the pollen