SEED GERMINATION Flashcards
ripened ovule containing embryo
seed
seed characteristics
seed size
seed color
seed surface
types of seed based on the number of cotyledons
monocot
dicot
based on the presence of endosperm
albuminous
exalbuminous
these are the seeds with endosperm.
albuminous seeds
seeds without endosperm
exalbuminous seeds
in cereals such as maize, the seed coat is membranous and generally fused with the fruit wall known as
hull
stores food
endosperm
protective undifferentiated sheath of the radicle
coleorhiza
growing tip of the shoot
plumule
covers the plumule in monocots
coleoptile
outer thick protectice layer
testa
inner, thin membranous covering that protects the inner part of the seed
tegman
a scar on the seed coat
hilum
small pore present above the hilum
micropyle