- Fern seed - Reproductive body - Type of seed - One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which are
analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the species. - An embryo sac or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of
flowering plants. - A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body, formed
in certain organisms, and by germination giving rise to a new organism;
as, the reproductive spores of bacteria, etc. - One of the parts formed by fission in certain Protozoa. See
Spore formation, belw.
- A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which
the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and
usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or
segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female
reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See
Tapeworm.