Vocabulary on FLOWERS AND SEEDS

Stigma:/estigma/ n 1: the apical end of the style where pollen is deposited.

Stamen:/stagmen/ 2. (pl. stamens, rarely stamina.) (Bot.) The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.

Ovary:/ovari/ n.; pl. ovaries. [NL. ovarium, fr. L. ovum egg: cf. F. ovaire. See oval.] 1. (Bot.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed,and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit.

Leaf:/fulla/n 1: the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

Stem:/tija/ 2: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ [syn: stalk]

pollen:/pol·len/ n: a fine powder produced by the anthers of seed-bearing plants; fine grains contain male gametes.

Fertilisation:/ fertilització/n 1: creation by the union of sperm or pollen with an animal or plant or egg cell [syn: fertilization, fecundation, impregnation]

seeds:/llavors/ 2: a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa.

mushroom:/bolet/ any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground

myceliumfern:/falguera/ n : any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores

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