Seed Vocabulary
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- hilum (high' lum)
- it is where the seed was attached to its mother (belly button)_
- plumule
- will become the first true leaves of the plant.
- germination (jur' muh nay' shun)
- water surrounds the seed, the testa loosens, the embryo wakes up
- consumers
-
we consume other parts of
God's creation to live - seed coat (testas)
- seed coat is the outer, protective layer covering the seed
- producers
- plants produce their own food, so they are called producers
- five main parts to the embryo in your seed
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cotyledons (kot' uh lee'dunz)
radicle (rad'ih cul)
hypocotyl (hi' puh kot' uhl)
epicotyl (ep' uh kot' ul)
plumule (ploom' yool) - cotyledons --(kot' uh lee' dunz)
- The biggest part of the embryo, they provide food for the embryo once the seed opens and the embryo starts growing into a plant.
- radicle – (rad’ ih cul)
- the embryo's root. The radicle grows and makes tiny little hairs that search for water and nutrients.
- epicotyl – (ep’ uh kot’ uhl)
- is the top of the embryo. It holds the plumule, which will become the first true leaves of the plant.
- hypocotyl – ((hi’ puh kot’ uhl)
- will become the stem.
- dormant
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dormire = to sleep
latin - baby plant
- seedling
- embryo (em' bree oh)
- baby inside the seed (or inside a human mother)