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- 3. The male element that carries the spores in the fertilization of the egg nucleus in the ovule of a flower. The pollen is borne by the anthers and is usually a yellowish, dustlike mass of separate grains.
- 4. Pollination by a fly.
- 5. Any small, dry fruit having but one seed whose pericarp does not burst when the fruit is ripe.
- 6. Botanically, the matured ovary of a flower and its contents including any external part that is an integral portion of it.
- 7. An indehiscent, one-celled and one-seeded, hard, and bony fruit, as the acorn of Quercus.
- 11. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the same flower or flowers of the same plant or other plants of identical genetic material such as apple varieties, clones of wild blueberries, etc.
- 13. The seed of the cereal crops.
- 15. The hard outer covering of a fruit or seed, as a nutshell, etc.
- 16. The outer layer of the ovary wall around the seeds. It sometimes consists of three separate structural layers: the endocarp, the mesocarp, and the epicarp.
- 18. Any small pulpy fruit, as the raspberry, strawberry, etc., usually edible.
- 19. A fleshy fruit having several seeds instead of a stone, like an apple, pear, and quince.
- 22. Transfer of pollen between plants that are not of identical genetic material.
- 24. The outermost layer, or exocarp, of a fruit.
- 25. Pollination by a moth.
- 26. Pollination by water.
- 28. Pollination by an ant.
- 30. The maximum reproductive power or the inherent ability of an organism to reproduce and survive in greater numbers.
- 32. The portion of the pistil or carpel of a flower that contains one or more ovules.
- 34. The outer skin like region of the fruit pericarp.
- 35. Pollination by a beetle.
- 36. Pollination by the wind.
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- 1. The layer between the endocarp and the epicarp of a multiple-layered pericarp. In stone fruits, it is thick, fleshy, and edible.
- 2. Producing plants from seeds.
- 8. The transfer of the pollen from the anther to the stigma of a flower, the first step in producing fruit or seed.
- 9. Pollination by a bat.
- 10. A single-seeded, fleshy fruit that does not split open, e.g., cherry, peach, plum, or olive. Also called a stone fruit.
- 12. A single-seeded, winged fruit, whose wing helps in seed dissemination, like that of the maple, ash, and elm.
- 14. Pollination by a butterfly.
- 17. Pollination by a bee.
- 20. Pollination by bird.
- 21. A sweet secretion of flowers of various plants used by bees to store as honey.
- 23. Technically, a dry, many-seeded fruit that splits open, such as a pea pod or bean pod; a legume.
- 27. Union of pollen with the ovule to produce seeds.
- 29. The inner layer of a multiple-layered pericarp, e.g., the shell of a cherry stone.
- 31. One of the units composing a pistil or ovary. A simple pistil has one carpel, while a compound pistil has two or more united carpels.
- 33. A berrylike fruit of large size, with a tough or very firm and hard outer wall that is developed from the receptacle, such as a watermelon, the cucumber, and the squash.