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Agriscience 5.2 Vocab

Across
A flower that has a pistil(s) but lacks stamen(s); imperfect flower.
The body that, after fertilization, becomes the seed; the egg-containing unit of the ovary.
The stalk, trunk, and branch of a plant. It can be vertical or horizontal.
The percent of seeds that sprout and begin to grow.
Any herbaceous plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts or used as food.
A flower containing sepals, petals, stamens, and at least one pistil.
Substance that transforms light energy from the sun into chemical energy to make plant food from CO2, H2O, and soil minerals through photosynthesis. It is found in all green plants that presents itself in the leaves.
The making of a new plant or animal.
A flat, green, outgrowth from a stem that typically functions to manufacture carbohydrates during photosynthesis.
When an egg and sperm unite to form a seed or fertilized egg.
The reproductive structure of a seed-bearing plant, made of the male and/or female organs, surrounded by one or two series of outer coverings.
A group of sepals on a flower.
The seed or mature ovary.
Sprouting of a seed or beginning of plant growth.
Tiny objects in plant cells that contain the green pigment, chlorophyll.
The embryo of a plant that botanically are seed-like fruits as they include the ovary wall.
When pollen and ovule cells unite.
The part of the stamen of a flower that is below the anther and supports it.
A small, green, leaf-like structure found at the base of the flower.
The sac-like part of the stamen on seed-producing plants that develops and contains the pollen.
The chemical process in living cells where food is burned to release energy and waste products; mainly CO2 and H20.
Down
A flower that lacks either the stamens or pistils.
The portion of the pistil or carpel of a flower that contains one or more ovules.
The male reproductive element that carries the spores in the fertilization of the egg in the ovule of a flower. It's borne by the anthers and usually a yellowish, dust-like mass of separate grains.
An imperfect flower that has stamen(s) but no pistil(s).
A flower that lacks one or more of the four organs: sepals, petals, stamens, or pistils.
A flower with stamens (male parts) AND pistils (female parts).
Any organism in its earliest stages of development.
The process of using chlorophyll and energy from the sun to produce carbohydrates and O2 from H20 and CO2.
The lower portion of a plant that has no reproductive organs but anchors the plant in the soil. It has root hairs to absorb water and mineral nutrients.
The transfer of the pollen from the anther to the stigma of a flower, the first step in producing a fruit or seed.
The part between the ovary and the stigma within the pisitl of the flower.
A tube formed after the germination of a pollen grain as it resides on the stigma of a flower; it carries the male gametes to the ovule.
The female reproductive element of the flower, containing the stigma, style, and ovary.
Collectively, all of the petals of the flower.
A division of a flower inside the calyx; a unit of the corolla that consists of petioles that surround the reproductive parts.
The receptive surface of the female organ of a flower that receives the pollen.
The male reproductive organ of a flower that bears the pollen and contains the filament and the anther.