Reproduction in Plants

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Across
  1. 2. Non-flowering plants that reproduce via spores
  2. 4. Protective outer covering of a seed
  3. 6. Structures under fern leaves that produce and release spores
  4. 7. Part of seed that develops into the root
  5. 12. Horizontal stem growing above ground, e.g. in strawberries
  6. 14. Process that follows fertilization resulting in seed production
  7. 15. Agent like insects or wind that helps in transferring pollen
  8. 16. Male gamete-producing structure in flowering plants
  9. 17. Male reproductive part of a flower that produces pollen
  10. 18. Part of seed that develops into the shoot
  11. 20. Sticky top part of the pistil where pollen grains land
  12. 21. A means or method of dispersing seeds (e.g. wind, animal)
  13. 23. Female reproductive part of a flower containing ovary, style and stigma
  14. 25. Shoot growing from base of plant used in vegetative reproduction
  15. 28. Brightly coloured parts of a flower that attract insects
  16. 29. Tube that connects stigma to the ovary
  17. 31. Seeds are thrown out when fruit bursts open
Down
  1. 1. Plant with both male and female reproductive organs
  2. 3. Transfer of pollen between different plants of same species
  3. 5. Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in ovary
  4. 8. Transfer of pollen within the same flower or same plant
  5. 9. Process by which pollen is transferred from anther to stigma
  6. 10. Short swollen underground stem used in vegetative propagation
  7. 11. Underground stem used for vegetative propagation, e.g. ginger
  8. 13. Process by which flowering plants produce seeds through the fusion of male and female gametes
  9. 18. Structure produced in anthers that carries male gametes
  10. 19. Process by which seeds are scattered away from the parent plant
  11. 22. Swollen underground stem that stores food, e.g. potato
  12. 24. Protective outer parts of a flower (often green)
  13. 26. Units of reproduction formed after fertilization in flowering plants
  14. 27. Part of the flower that produces ovules
  15. 30. Underground storage organ with fleshy leaves, e.g. onion
  16. 32. Type of asexual reproduction using stems, roots or leaves