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| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| Albumen | General term for the nutritive tissue of the seed located between the embryo and seed coat. | |
| Albuminate (albuminous) | With albumen | |
| Anisocotylous | Referring to seedlings in which the cotyledons differ in shape and/or size. | |
| Aril (arillate) | A fleshy covering or appendage of a seed derived from the funicle. |  |
| Arillode | A false aril derived from the integument (seed coat) but not from the funicle as is a true aril; in practice any outgrowth of the seed for which the origin has not been established. | |
| Arilloid | An aril-like structure associated with a seed. | |
| Basal aril | An aril located at the base of the seed. |  |
| Basal-lateral aril | An aril starting at the base and extending part way up the side of the seed. |  |
| Caruncle | An appendage or outgrowth at the point of attachment of the seed to the funicle. Compare with aril. |  |
| Carunculate | Possessing a caruncle. Compare with strophiole. | |
| Cellular endosperm | A type of endosperm development in which cell walls develop starting with the first cell division. | |
| Chalaza | The part of an ovule or seed opposite the micropyle. In this part of the embryo sac the integument(s) are not differentiated from the nucellus.. |  |
| Circumferentially winged seed | A wing completely surrounding the circumference of the seed. |  |
| Coma (Comose) | Referring to a structure, such as a seed, the bears tufts of hairs. Wind-dispersed seeds are often comose. |  |
| Cotyledon | The leaves (one in monocots and two in dicots) of an embryo that often emerge when the seed germinates. Some cotyledons, however, remain within the seed coat. |  |
| Cotyledons | Seed leaves, i.e., the embryonic leaves. |  |
| Cotyledons absent | A massive embryo that shows no obvious cotyledons |  |
| Cotyledons arched | Cotyledons that are bowed in such a way that there is an air space between which is usually an adaptation for water dispersal. |  |
| Cotyledons carnose | Cotyledons thick and providing nutrition to the developing embryo and seedling. When the cotyledons are carnose in the Sapotaceae endosperm is usually lacking. Same as cotyledons fleshy. |  |
| Cotyledons cryptocotylar | A type of seed germination in which the cotyledons remain within the seed coat at germination. Compare with phanerocotylar. |  |