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Bot chapter ten
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2nd Grade
04/17/2016

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Term
Two functions of fruits
Definition
protecting seeds
help attract animals for dispersal
Term
Two ways that seeds are protected from destruction during digestion?
Definition
produce tiny seeds with seed coat that survives digestion
make seeds to big to be eaten or crushed
Term
Three features of seeds that make them good sources of food for humans.
Definition
high in fats, starches, and proteins
Term
Fruit
Definition
mature ripened ovary of a flower and its contents
Term
Ovary
Definition
derived from leaf like structure where ovules were born
ovules folded
Term
Simple ovary
Definition
has one carpel
Term
Compound ovary
Definition
made form fusion of two or more leafy structures
Term
Pericarp
Definition
layers of ovary wall
surrounds seed
Term
Layers of pericarp
Definition
Exocarp
Mesocarp
Endocarp
Term
Seed
Definition
ripened ovule
embryonic plant
Term
Simple Fruit
Definition
fruit from one ovary
Term
Dry fruit
Definition
when fruit it mature
Term
Indehiscent
Definition
pericarp doesn't open at maturity
Term
Dehiscent
Definition
pericarp opens to release seeds
Term
Fleshy fruit
Definition
part of all of pericarp and tissues remain fleshy at maturity
strawberry
Term
Accessory fruit
Definition
fruit where flesh is not from ovary
Term
Nut
Definition
1 seeded
pericarp hard or woody
seed partially attached to pericarp
fused to ovary wall
chestnu
Term
Berry
Definition
1 several seeded
mesocarp fleshy
endocarp soft
grape
Term
Drupe
Definition
1-2 seeded
mesocarp flshey
endocarp bony
peach or plum
Term
Hesperidium
Definition
several seeded
exo and mesocarp leathery
endocarp of juice sacs
orange
Term
Pepo
Definition
many seeded with a hard rind from pericarp
squash
Term
Pome
Definition
several seeded with a hard rind from receptacle tissue
apple/pear
Term
Aggregate Fruit
Definition
fruits formed for several independent capes within the single flower
raspberry
Term
Multiple Fruit
Definition
fruits formed from the fusion on fruits from spirit flowers
pinapple
Term
Parthenocarpic fruit
Definition
fruits from no fertilization
seeds aren't present
banana
Term
Stone Cells
Definition
short square cells with thick cell walls
in pears
Term
Prunes
Definition
dried fruit (plums)
Term
How are maraschino cherries made?
Definition
made from sweet cherries (royal anne)
bleached
deseeded
soaked in sugar with red food dye and flavouring
Term
Freestone Peaches
Definition
have pits that separate easily
Term
Cling Peaches
Definition
mesocarp adheres to pit
Term
Blackberry
Definition
aggregate fruit
Term
What plant family does the cranberry belong to?
Definition
Ericaceae
Term
Most wide cultivated species of grape?
Definition
Vitis vinifera
Term
What water soluble phenolic compound makes fresh olives extremely bitter?
Definition
oleuropein
Term
What was the original common name of the fruit now known as kiwi?
Definition
chinese gooseberry
Term
Why are peanuts and almonds not considered botanically to be true nuts?
Definition
they are drupes with a leathery husk that is removed to expose hard endocarp
Term
Which species is more commercially important Persian walnut or the back walnut?
Definition
persian because the black one has too strong of a taste
Term
What organism caused the chestnut blight that killed or infected most American chestnut trees between 1904-1950?
Definition
fungus cryphonectria parasitica
Term
hat cyanide-producing compound is found in almond seeds, giving them their characteristic flavour and smell?
Definition
amygdalin
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