- botany, a
seed is a
plant embryo and food
reserve enclosed in a
protective outer covering called a
seed coat (testa). More generally, the term "
seed" means...
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developed seeds contain an
embryo and, in most
plant species some
store of food reserves,
wrapped in a
seed coat.
Dormant seeds are
viable seeds that do...
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leading to the
seed.
Runcaria has all of the
qualities of
seed plants except for a
solid seed coat and a
system to
guide the
pollen to the
seed.
Runcaria was...
- (hilum) than at the
opposite end. The m**** of 100
seeds is 0.203 g. The
seed coat (testa) may be
smooth or ribbed.[citation needed]
Sesame varieties have...
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lentils with a
brown seed coat and an orange-red cotyledon)
Petite crimson (s****ed
Masoor lentils) Red
Chief (light tan
seed coat and red cotyledon) Small...
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often broken down into
three subgroups:
Dormancy caused by an
impermeable seed coat is
known as
physical dormancy.
Physical dormancy is the
result of impermeable...
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otherwise altering the
coat of a
seed to
encourage germination.
Scarification is
often done mechanically, thermally, and chemically. The
seeds of many
plant species...
- of the
seed coat) and
chemical defenses (secondary
compounds such as
tannins and alkaloids). However, as
plants have
evolved seed defenses,
seed predators...
- the
outer seed coat removed, can be
eaten raw or cooked. In
young plants, the
outer seed coat can be eaten, and in very
young plants, the
seed pod can be...
- input. G. kola
seeds have both
seed coat dormancy and
physiological dormancy probably imposed by the
chemicals in the
seed.
Seed coat dormancy of Garcinia...