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Elaiosomes (Ancient Gr****: ἔλαιον élaion "oil" + σόμα sóma "body") are
fleshy structures that are
attached to the
seeds of many
plant species. The elaiosome...
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worldwide distribution. Most
myrmecochorous plants produce seeds with
elaiosomes, a term encomp****ing
various external appendages or "food bodies" rich...
- seed plants, the
diaspore is a seed and
fruit together, or a seed and
elaiosome. In a few seed plants, the
diaspore is most or all of the plant, and is...
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different quantity of seeds. The
seeds are
black grains with one
white elaiosome of
variable size. The
seeds are dis****d
through myrmecochory; that is...
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flowers may be mauve, purple, red, or white. The
seeds contain an
elaiosome that
attracts ants,
which transport the
seeds into
their ant colony. This...
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excrescence that is a
normal part of an animal's
anatomy Caruncle, an
elaiosome (fleshy
structure attached to the seed),
especially in the
plant family...
- seed predation. To make the
seeds more
appealing to ants they have an
elaiosome which is a
structure that
attracts ants. A
trout lily
grows from a 15...
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fleshy organ called an
elaiosome that
attracts ants. The ants take the
seeds to
their nest,
where they eat the
elaiosomes, and put the
seeds in their...
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biting off the seed with its
elaiosome and then
carrying the seed away for
about 100 m.
There they chew off the
elaiosome and
abandon the seed
which is...
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source for Māori. The
washed arils were
called koroi and were
eaten raw.
Elaiosome,
fleshy structures attached to the
seeds of many
plant species Galbulus...
