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stigma The pollen-receptive surface of a carpel or group of fused carpels, usually sticky. The apical end of the style where... Read More

The floral diversity on this planet is huge. And if you peep into the sub-category of angiosperms among this floral... Read More

Vector Definition When one thinks of vectors one may think of many different things. This is because a vector can be... Read More

Definition noun (botany) A type of pollination in which the pollen from the anther of a flower is transferred to the stigma... Read More

What are Pollen Grains? Plants are unique structures and so they carry out mechanisms in special ways. Fertilization in... Read More

Definition noun (botany) A type of pollination in which the pollen from the anther of the flower is transferred to the... Read More

Angiosperms Definition What is an angiosperm? An angiosperm is a plant that produces flowers. The angiosperms, also... Read More

Definition noun (botany) Cross-fertilization, where fertilization occurs when an ovum of a flower is fertilized by the... Read More

There are two main subdivisions of seed plants—the ones without covered seeds, the gymnosperms, and the ones with covered... Read More

style (Science: botany) An elongated part of a carpel, or group of fused carpels, between the ovary and the... Read More

Moth Definition A moth is a lepidopteran insect. Moths belong to the Order Lepidoptera, together with the butterflies.... Read More

Carpel (Science: plant biology) An organ (generally believed to be a modified foliar unit) at the centre of a flower,... Read More

Sexual reproduction is a mode of reproduction involving the fusion of haploid female gamete (egg cell) and haploid male... Read More

Flowering plants grow in a wide variety of habitats and environments. They can go from germination of a seed to a mature... Read More

Growth All living organisms begin in the same form: as a single cell. That cell will divide and the resulting cells will... Read More