Plant Week 9 Vocabulary

The male organ of a flower that has an anther on a stalk (filament).

• pistil

• sepal

• stamen

• stigma

Contains the sperm cells.

• stigma

• sepal

• filament

• pollen

Produces the pollen that contains the sperm cells.

• anther

• filament

• sepal

• pistil

A long stalk that supports the anther on the male stamen.

• anther

• sepal

• pistil

• filament

The sticky top where pollen grains land.

• pistil

• sepal

• stigma

• style

A stalk down which the pollen tube grows after pollination has taken place on the female pistil.

• stigma

• pistil

• anther

• style

Fancy word for eggs.

• style

• sepals

• stigmas

• ovules

The fertilized egg (embryo) from which new plants are formed are found here. Contains the ovules

where the egg cells are produced.

• style

• ovary

• ovules

• anthers

The part of the flower that protects the bud before the flower blooms (often green and leaf-like) that

enclose a developing bud.

• stigma

• stamen

• sepal

• style

Attracts pollinators to the flower with color and scent.

• petal

• pistil

• style

• stamen