Botany: Pollination Flashcards
1
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pollen
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a fine powdery substance, typically yellow, consisting of microscopic grains discharged from the male part of a flower or from a male cone
2
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self pollination
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the pollination of a flower by pollen from the same flower or from another flower on the same plant
3
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cross pollination
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also called heterogamy, type of pollination in which sperm-laden pollen grains are transferred from the cones or flowers of one plant to egg-bearing cones or flowers of another
4
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nectar
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a sugary fluid secreted within flowers to encourage pollination by insects and other animals
