Biology
- Flowers, Seeds And Dispersal
Flowers produce gametes. Look at the following diagram and identify the male and female parts: The fertilised ovules form the seeds. The ovary filled with fertile seeds is called a fruit. The rest of the flower withers away and dies. ...
- Sperm
Term: spermLiterally meaning: ?seed?Origin: Anc Greek??????/sperma(=seed) > ??????/spearo (=disperse)Coined/History Spermatozoa were first observed in 1677 by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek with a microscope. Leeuwenhoek named them animalcules(litle...
- Sporangium
Term:sporangium Literally meaning: ?spore case? Origin: Anc Greek??????(=seed) > (=sow,) >??????/spearo (=disperse) + ??????/angio(=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube) Coined/History(?) DefinitionSporangium is a sac in which spores...
- Endosperm
Term: endosperm Origin: Anc Greek????/endo(=inside, within)??????(=seed) > (=sow) >??????/spearo (=disperse) DefinitionAn endospore is a dormant and temporarily non-reproductive structure produced by certain bacteria under unfavorable conditions....
- Endospore
Term: endosporeOrigin: Anc Greek????/endo(=inside, within)??????(=seed) > (=sow,) >??????/spearo (=disperseDefinitionAn endospore is a dormant and temporarily non-reproductive structure produced by certain bacteria under unfavorable conditions....
Biology
spore
Term: spore
Literally meaning: " seed?
Origin: Anc Greek
??????(=seed) > (=sow,) >??????/spearo (=disperse)
Coined/History
the name of the classical Greek city ??????/Sparta is derived also from word ??????(=disperse) due to many villages around of Sparta
Definition
A usually very resistant single-celled reproductive body capable of growing into a new. Spores differ from seeds because they have little stored food resources compared with seeds and also differ from gametes which are compined with other gametes in order to form a new organism..
- Flowers, Seeds And Dispersal
Flowers produce gametes. Look at the following diagram and identify the male and female parts: The fertilised ovules form the seeds. The ovary filled with fertile seeds is called a fruit. The rest of the flower withers away and dies. ...
- Sperm
Term: spermLiterally meaning: ?seed?Origin: Anc Greek??????/sperma(=seed) > ??????/spearo (=disperse)Coined/History Spermatozoa were first observed in 1677 by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek with a microscope. Leeuwenhoek named them animalcules(litle...
- Sporangium
Term:sporangium Literally meaning: ?spore case? Origin: Anc Greek??????(=seed) > (=sow,) >??????/spearo (=disperse) + ??????/angio(=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube) Coined/History(?) DefinitionSporangium is a sac in which spores...
- Endosperm
Term: endosperm Origin: Anc Greek????/endo(=inside, within)??????(=seed) > (=sow) >??????/spearo (=disperse) DefinitionAn endospore is a dormant and temporarily non-reproductive structure produced by certain bacteria under unfavorable conditions....
- Endospore
Term: endosporeOrigin: Anc Greek????/endo(=inside, within)??????(=seed) > (=sow,) >??????/spearo (=disperseDefinitionAn endospore is a dormant and temporarily non-reproductive structure produced by certain bacteria under unfavorable conditions....