seed
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0009010
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- narrow: pyrene
- exact: 種子 (Japanese)
- exact: semilla (Spanish)
- broad: diaspore
- Definition
- A multi-tissue plant structure (PO:0025496) that develops from a plant ovule (PO:0020003) and has as parts a plant embryo (PO:0009009) enclosed in a seed coat (PO:0009088). [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- A seed generally develops from an ovule (PO:0020003) after fertilization, but may develop without fertilization in the case of apogamy (e.g., adventitious embryos or somatic embryos). A seed is a reproductive unit of seed plants (gymnosperms, angiosperms, and fossil pteridosperms).
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