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| plant life cycle stage in which all plant structures are made of cells with a haploid number of chromosomes |
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| plant life-cycle stage in which all plant structures are made of cells with a diploid number of chromosomes |
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| alternation of generations |
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| occurs when a plant's life cycle alternates between sex-cell-producing stage and a spore-producing stage |
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| underground stem of a fern, from which fronds and roots grow |
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| leaf of a fern that grows from a rhizome |
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| spore-producing structures on the undersides of fern fronds |
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| fern gametophyte, which can make its own food, absorb water and nutrients, and has both male and female reproductive structures |
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| in a seed plant, the structure that contains an egg cell, food-storage tissue, and a sticky fluid |
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| produced by the male reproductive organs of seed plants |
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| male reproductive organ inside the flower of an angiosperm that consists of a filament and an anther |
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| female reproductive organ inside the flower of an angiosperm |
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| the swollen base of the pistil where ovules are formed in angiosperms |
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| transfer of pollen grains from the stamen to the stigma |
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