Flower
Special terms
This is a shortened shoot with modified leaves adapted for sexual reproduction and seed formation.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Follicle
Special terms
Dry fruit formed from a single carpel, opening along a longitudinal slit.
Frond (fertile frond)
Special terms
A fern leaf that bears sporangia. Often it is not visually distinguishable from ordinary (non-spore-bearing) green leaves; however, in some species, for example the staghorn fern, this difference is quite pronounced.
Fruit
Special terms
After fertilization, not only seeds but also fruits develop. Most often the fruit develops from the ovary of the pistil. Fruits are extremely diverse in structure, number of seeds, presence of adaptations for reproduction, and other featur…
Fruit-bearing plants
Special terms
Unlike sterile (non-fruiting) plants, they, thanks to "sexual organs" (the pistil and pollen), produce fruits.