reproductive structure
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1. the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | plant organ, |
| definition | : | a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | agamete, |
| definition | : | an asexual reproductive cell (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | fructification, |
| definition | : | organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gleba, |
| definition | : | fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | hymenium, |
| definition | : | spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | spore case, sporocarp, |
| definition | : | specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bloom, blossom, flower, |
| definition | : | reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | stamen, |
| definition | : | the male reproductive organ of a flower (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | anther, |
| definition | : | the part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne on a stalk (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | pistil, |
| definition | : | the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | style, |
| definition | : | (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | stigma, |
| definition | : | the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ovary, |
| definition | : | the organ that bears the ovules of a flower (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ovule, |
| definition | : | a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | placenta, |
| definition | : | that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | placentation, |
| definition | : | arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | episperm, seed coat, testa, |
| definition | : | protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | endosperm, |
| definition | : | nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gemma, |
| definition | : | small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cone, strobile, strobilus, |
| definition | : | cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | basidium, |
| definition | : | a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | antheridium, |
| definition | : | the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ascus, |
| definition | : | saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sporophore, |
| definition | : | a spore-bearing branch or organ: the part of the thallus of a sporophyte that develops spores; in ferns and mosses and liverworts is practically equivalent to the sporophyte (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gametangium, |
| definition | : | cell or organ in which gametes develop (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gametoecium, |
| definition | : | gametangia and surrounding bracts (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gametophore, |
| definition | : | a modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sorus, |
| definition | : | cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sorus, |
| definition | : | a spore-producing structure in certain lichens and fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | fruit, |
| definition | : | the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant (noun.plant) |
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