seed-bearing
Yields reproductive units
Seed-bearing describes plants that reproduce by producing seeds rather than spores: seed-bearing plants include most trees, shrubs, and flowering species.
The term distinguishes gymnosperms and angiosperms from ferns, mosses, and fungi.
A seed-bearing cone or fruit contains the reproductive structures.
Safe to consume
- nutritiousRich in beneficial substances
- kernelSeed or essential core
- nutHard-shelled seed
- pipFruit seed or dot
stone · pomegranate · papaya · tomato · cucumber · squash · pepper · melon
Edible plant ovary
- coneTapered solid, circular base
- podSeed case or cetacean group
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
- ovaryFemale reproductive gland
carpel · angiosperm · gymnosperm · pollination · fertilization · ripening · dispersal · pericarp
Spreading in many directions
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- birdsEgg-laying flying vertebrates
- squirrelsBushy-tailed nut gatherers
frugivore · windborne · burrs · hitchhiker · colonization · succession · native · invasive
edible
Safe to consume
- nutritiousRich in beneficial substances
- kernelSeed or essential core
- nutHard-shelled seed
pip · stone · pomegranate · papaya · tomato · cucumber · squash · pepper · melon · berry
fruit
Edible plant ovary
ovary · carpel · angiosperm · gymnosperm · pollination · fertilization · ripening · dispersal · pericarp · endosperm
dispersal
Spreading in many directions
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- birdsEgg-laying flying vertebrates
squirrels · frugivore · windborne · burrs · hitchhiker · colonization · succession · native · invasive · woodland
crop
Cultivated agricultural plants
oilseed · sunflower · wheat · maize · soybean · cotton · flax · canola · yield · cultivation
seed-bearingsterile
Free from microorganisms
barren · infertile · unfruitful · nonproductive · fruitless