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Food and Beverages > Food > Fruit > Seeds
Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Food > Fruit > Seeds
Plant Structures > Plant Components, Aerial > Fruit > Seeds

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Seeds  

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Entry terms

  • Embryo, Plant
  • Embryos, Plant
  • Plant Embryo
  • Plant Embryos
  • Plant Zygote
  • Plant Zygotes
  • Zygote, Plant
  • Zygotes, Plant

Note

  • IM GEN or unspecified; for seed of specific plants, coord IM with plant (IM), as sunflower seeds = SEEDS (IM) + HELIANTHUS (IM); coord probably IM in genetics & space physiol, NIM in pharmacognosy, with specific plant (IM or NIM)

Scope note

  • The encapsulated embryos of flowering plants. They are used as is or for animal feed because of the high content of concentrated nutrients like starches, proteins, and fats. Rapeseed, cottonseed, and sunflower seed are also produced for the oils (fats) they yield.

History note

  • 63; EMBRYO, PLANT was EMBRYOS, PLANT see SEEDS 1986-94

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012639

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