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41Seed dispersal — is the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant. Plants have limited mobility and consequently rely upon a variety of dispersal vectors to transport their propagules, including both abiotic and biotic vectors. Seeds can be… …
42gap — Synonyms and related words: abysm, abyss, aperture, arrearage, arroyo, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, box canyon, breach, break, breakage, broaching, burst, caesura, canyon, cavity, cessation, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, chip, clearing,… …
43gape — Synonyms and related words: abysm, abyss, aperture, arroyo, attend, be amazed, be astonished, be curious, bedroom eyes, bore, box canyon, breach, break, broaching, burn with curiosity, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, clearing …
44yawn — Synonyms and related words: aperture, boredom, broaching, cavity, chasm, check, clearing, cleft, crack, dehisce, dehiscence, disclosure, doldrums, doze, drowse, ennui, fenestra, fistula, fontanel, foramen, gap, gape, gaping, gat, gulf, hang open …
45opening — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Open space Nouns 1. opening, hole, foramen; aperture, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence; chasm (see interval); breach. 2. (small opening) puncture, perforation, scuttle; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole …
46gape — v. n. 1. Yawn. 2. Open the mouth (as in staring). 3. Open, dehisce, yawn, be opened, be separated …
47after-ripening period — Period of time after the seeds dehisce from the female cone during which the pro embryo continues to grow and develop into a mature embryo …
48pro-embryo — Immature embryo inside some cycad seeds that dehisce prior to full embryo maturation. See also after ripening period …
49burst — v 1. break open, split open, rupture, fly apart; burst open, dehisce, explode, detonate, fulminate, blow up, Sl. bust; crack, split, shatter. 2. issue forth, pour forth, discharge, emerge; rush, gush, jet, spout, surge …
50erupt — v 1. burst forth or open, break open, split open, rupture, gape, dehisce, Sl. bust; detonate, fulminate, explode, blow, blow up, go off; (of a volcano, geyser, etc.) eject, emit, expel, hurl or throw forth, discharge, send out or up; spout,… …
