Canadian Medical Guide > Organisms > Plants > Plant Components > Plant Components, Aerial > Flowering Tops > Flowers Terms and Definitions
Flowers
Medical Definition: | The reproductive organs of plants. |
Guide Notes: | coord with specific plant |
Also Called: | Flower Filament,Pistil,Plant Anther,Plant Calyx,Plant Carpals,Plant Corolla,Plant Ovary,Plant Petals,Plant Sepals,Plant Stamen,Plant Stigma,Plant Style,Pollen Tube |
Pollen - The male fertilizing element of flowering PLANTS analogous to sperm in animals. It is released from the anthers as a dust, to be carried by insect or other vectors, including wind, to the ovary (stigma) of other FLOWERS to produce the embryo enclosed by the seed. The pollens of many plants are allergenic. |
Flowers Medical Definitions and Terms
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