Botany Vocabulary

4. protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom
8. the gamete-producing and usually haploid phase, producing the zygote from which the sporophyte arises
9. embryonic leaf
12. embryonic stem
13. a miniature version of a plant that contains the roots, stem, and leaves in their earliest stages
14. the part of the pistil which holds the ovule
15. the female organs of a flower, comprising the stigma, style, and ovary
16. a thin stalk that supports the anther in a flower's stamen
17. the part of the ovary of seed plants that contains the female germ cell and after fertilization becomes the seed
19. the male fertilizing organ of a flower, typically consisting of a pollen-containing anther and a filament
20. the process by which a seed takes up water to begin metabolic processes
22. individual plates of a cone
23. a part of a flower's pistil that connects the ovary to the stigma

1. the process of spreading seeds away from the parent plant
2. a fine powdery substance, typically yellow, consisting of microscopic grains discharged from the male part of a flower or from a male cone
3. the asexual and usually diploid phase, producing spores from which the gametophyte arises
5. the part of a seed which acts as a food store for the developing plant embryo
6. embryonic root
7. brightly colored modified leaves that attract pollinators to flowers
10. the part of a stamen that contains the pollen
11. the process by which a seed or spore grows into a seedling or new plant
18. a group of woody, perennial seed-producing plants
19. the part of a flower that receives pollen
21. a cell that forms when a sperm and egg cell fuse