Botany: Pollination Flashcards

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Pollen

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fine, powdery substance of microscopic rains discharged from male part of lower or cone.

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Self pollination

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the transfer of ripe pollen from an anther to a receptive stigma of the same flower or other flowers on the same plant

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Cross pollination

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the transfer of ripe pollen from the anther of one flower to the receptive stigma of a flower on another plant

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Nectar

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sugary fluid secreted in flowers to encourage pollination by insects and flowers

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