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Seed predation
Seed predation includes any
process inflicted on a
plant’s seeds by an
animal that results in the
inviability of the seed.
Generally this refers to the
consumption and digestion of
the seed, but also includes
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Seedbank
Seedbanks store seeds as a
source for planting in case
seed reserves elsewhere
should be destroyed. The
seeds stored may be various
in nature, such as those of
food crops or those of rare
species, to protect
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Parthenocarpy
In botany and horticulture,
parthenocarpy (literally
meaning virgin fruit) is the
natural or artificially
induced production of fruit
without fertilization of
ovules. The fruit is
therefore seedless.
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Nut (fruit)
A nut in botany is a simple
dry fruit with one seed
(rarely two) in which the
ovary wall becomes very hard
at maturity, and where the
seed remains unattached or
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Gymnosperm
Gymnosperms (Gymnospermae) are a group of seed-bearing plants with ovules borne on the edge or blade of an open sporophyll, the sporophylls usually arranged in cone-like structures. The other major ... > more -
Opium poppy
The opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the type of poppy from which opium and all refined opiates such as morphine (up to 20%), thebaine (5%), codeine (1%), papaverine (1%), and narcotine (5-8%) are ... > more
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