Across
- 2. A dry, indehiscent fruit with a hard wall (e.g., acorn)
- 5. Haploid cells that develop into the female gametophyte
- 7. The unit consisting of stigma, style, and ovary
- 8. The young sporophyte plant developing within the seed
- 9. The male microgametophyte produced in the anther
- 10. Underground organs that anchor the plant and absorb water
- 13. The structure inside the ovary that develops into a seed
- 15. The collective term for all female parts of a flower
- 16. The reproductive structure of an angiosperm
- 18. The central vascular cylinder of a root or stem
- 19. The main axis of the plant that supports leaves and flowers
- 20. The sticky tip of the pistil that receives pollen
Down
- 1. In double fertilization, one sperm fuses with two polar ___
- 3. The ripened ovary that protects the seeds
- 4. Describes a fruit that splits open at maturity to release seeds
- 6. Vascular tissue that transports organic nutrients (sugars)
- 11. The process of spore formation via meiosis
- 12. Vascular tissue that transports water and minerals upward
- 14. Located immediately beneath the epidermis
- 17. A plant group characterized by having two seed leaves