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Botany · Ch 4 — Reproductive Morphology

Seed

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Seed

A seed is a fertilised, mature ovule - it contains a miniature embryonic plant, usually stores food material for that embryo's early growth, and is enclosed in a protective seed coat. After fertilisation, the different parts of the ovule undergo characteristic changes that transform it into a seed. Not every fruit contains seeds - triploid ( …