Soybean and Bees

Cleistogamic: Of or relating to a flower that is self-pollinated in the bud, and may open or
not after pollination.
Crassinucellate: Of an ovule with one or more layers of cells outside the embryo sac but distinct
from the epidermis of the ovule.
Diadelphous stamens: Having the filaments of a flower united into two groups.
Diaspore: A plant dispersal unit consisting of a seed or spore plus any additional tissues that
assist dispersal.
Dioecious: Having the male and female reproductive organs, especially flowers, on different
individuals.
Discoid : Disk-shaped.
Entomophilous: Relative to insects
Etiolated: A plant developing with deficit or even without chlorophyll by preventing its exposure
to sunlight.
Filament: The stalk of the stamen in a flower. It bears the anther and consists mainly of conducting
tissue.
Hypocotyl: Part of the axis of a plant embryo or seedling between the point of insertion of
the cotyledon and the top of the radicle. In some etiolated seedlings, the hypocotyl is greatly
extended.
Hypophysis: The uppermost cell of the suspensor, which differentiates to form part of the
root cap. The hypophysis will give rise to the radicle and the root cap; the cells of the suspensor
will degenerate as the embryo matures.
Keel petal: The two bottom petals, below the wings, in flowers of the subfamily Faboideae
of the plant family Fabaceae; sometimes joined to form a structure whose shape resembles
the keel of a boat.
Locule: Any of the chambers of an ovary or anther.
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