SEEDS Flashcards
➢It performs essential functions such as reproduction, covering
the embryo, storage of food, dispersal to a new location, and dormancy during unfavorable
conditions
SEED
is the BEGINNING of the process of DEVELOPMENT OF A SEED
SEED GERMINATION
EXTERNAL SEED STRUCTURE
SEED COAT
HILUM
the OUTER PROTECTIVE COVERING
SEED COAT
SCAR from the seed BEING ATTACHED TO THE PARENT PLANT
HILUM
the FRIST LEAF that germinates
COTYLEDON
the portion of AXIS ABOVE the structure and LOWER PORTION of
the COTYLEDON respectively.
EPICOTYL AND HYPOCOTYL
AXIS ABOVE the cotyledon
EPICOTYL
LOWER PORTION of the cotyledon
HYPOCOTYL
the FIRST APICAL BUD of the shoot
PLUMULE
part of the seed where the ROOT DEVELOPS
RADICLE
the PROTECTIVE SHEATH investing the radicle in some MONOCOTYLEDONOUS plants through which the ROOTS EMEGRE
COLEORHIZA
covering the YOUNG SHOOT
COLEOPTILE