Seed Science

A seed in botany is a plant embryo and food reserve enclosed in a protective outer covering called a seed coat (testa).

The formation of the seed is the defining part of the process of reproduction in seed plants (spermatophytes).

No, not all plants have seeds. Plants such as ferns, mosses, and liverworts do not have seeds and use water-dependent means to propagate themselves.

<p>Seeds develop from the ripened ovule, after the embryo sac is fertilized by sperm from pollen, forming a zygote.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In flowering plants, the ovary ripens into a fruit which contains the seed and serves to disseminate it.</p> Signup and view all the answers