ACHENES; a single seeded fruit , the seed is attached to the pericarp at its base.
CARPELS; an ovule-bearing unit that is part of the pistil.
COTYLEDONS; an embryo leaf "seed leaf'' that stores carbs and food or absorbs food.
ENDOCARP; the inner most layer of a fruit wall.
EPIGYNOUS; has flower parts attached above the ovary.
EXOPCARP; the outermost layer of a fruit wall.
HILIUM; The scar on a seed marking the point of attachment.
HYPOCOTYL; the portion of an embryo or seedling between the radicle or cotyledons.
HYPOGYNOUS; its flower parts are attached below the ovary.
INFERIOR OVARY; an ovary to which parts of the calyx, corrolla and stamens have become united so they appear to be attached at the top of it; an ovary attached below the receptacle.
LOCULE; a cavity within an ovary or sporangium.
MESOCARP; the fleshy part of a fruit; the middle region of a fruit wall between the exocarp and endocarp.
MICROPYLE; a pore or opening in the integuments of an ovule through which a pollen tube gains access to an embryo sac or archegonium of a seed plant.
PLACENTA; the tissue by which spores, sporangia or ovules are attached to the maternal tissue.
PLUMULE; the terminal bud of the embryo f a seed plant.
RADICLE; the part of an embryo in a seed that develops into a root.
SEEDS; a mature ovule containing an embryo and bound by a protective seed coat.
SUPERIOR OVARY; an ovary that is free from the calyx, corrolla, and other floral parts; the sepals and petals appear to be attached at its base.
TESTA; the protective outer covering of a seed, derived from the integuments of the ovule after fertilization.
VASCULAR BUNDLE; a strand of tissue composed mostly of xylem and phloem and usually surrounded by a bundle sheath.