seed plants
41seed itself — of a plant : to produce new plants from its own seeds This plant spreads quickly because it seeds itself. • • • Main Entry: ↑seed …
42seed fern — seed′ fern n. pal any of various fossil plants of the order Lyginopteridales (or Cycadofilicales) that had fernlike leaves and reproduced by means of seeds Also called pteridosperm • Etymology: 1925–30 …
43seed|age — «SEE dihj», noun. the propagation of plants by means of seeds and spores …
44seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… …
45Evolutionary history of plants — Plants have evolved through increasing levels of complexity, from the earliest algal mats, through bryophytes, lycopods, ferns and gymnosperms to the complex angiosperms of today. While the simple plants continue to thrive, especially in the… …
46Seed saving — In agriculture and gardening, seed saving is the practice of saving seeds or other reproductive material (e.g. tubers) from open pollinated vegetables, grain, herbs, and flowers for use from year to year for annuals and nuts, tree fruits, and… …
47Seed Banks-Preserving Crop Diversity — ▪ 2009 On Feb. 26, 2008, the most ambitious seed bank facility ever constructed was inaugurated in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean only about 1,000 km (620 mi) from the North Pole. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) …
48seed — seedless, adj. seedlessness, n. seedlike, adj. /seed/, n., pl. seeds, (esp. collectively) seed, v., adj. n. 1. the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant. 2. any propagative part of a plant,… …
49seed — seed1 W3S3 [si:d] n plural seeds or seed ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(plants)¦ 2¦(in fruit)¦ 3 seeds of something 4 go/run to seed 5 number one/two/three etc seed 6¦(sex)¦ 7¦(family)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ …
50PLANTS — Research into the flora mentioned in the ancient Hebrew literature is grounded on the basic assumption that within historical times no fundamental changes have taken place in the country s climate (see agriculture ). This assumption, which allows …
