apple seed
Future tree kernel
An apple seed is one of the small, dark brown seeds found in the core of an apple.
Apple seeds contain trace amounts of amygdalin, which can release cyanide when metabolized, though the quantity in a few accidentally swallowed seeds is harmless.
Children sometimes plant apple seeds hoping to grow trees, though commercial apple varieties are propagated by grafting rather than from seed.
- pipFruit seed or dot
- fruit treeTree producing edible produce
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- embryoOrganism before birth
- cotyledonEmbryonic leaf in seeds
core · kernel · ovule · pericarp · Johnny Appleseed · cyanide · cyanide poisoning · bitter taste · genetic diversity · germination · growth · genesis · endosperm · grafting · nursery stock · genome · alleles · testa
apple seedapple tree
Fruit-bearing orchard plant
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