Planteome: Term Details for "seed" (PO:0009010)

Accession: PO:0009010
Name: seed
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: semilla (Spanish, exact), 種子 (Japanese, exact), pyrene (narrow), diaspore (broad)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A multi-tissue plant structure (PO:0025496) that develops from a plant ovule (PO:0020003) and has as parts a plant embryo (PO:0009009) enclosed in a seed coat (PO:0009088). Source: POC:curators
Comment: A seed generally develops from an ovule (PO:0020003) after fertilization, but may develop without fertilization in the case of apogamy (e.g., adventitious embryos or somatic embryos). A seed is a reproductive unit of seed plants (gymnosperms, angiosperms, and fossil pteridosperms).
Subset: Poaceae; Maize; Arabidopsis; Gymnosperms; Tomato; Citrus; TraitNet; Rice; Angiosperm
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to seed.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to seed.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for seed.
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subject	relation	object
seed	RO:0002202	plant ovule (PO:0020003)
seed	BFO:0000051	plant embryo (PO:0009009)
seed	is_a	multi-tissue plant structure (PO:0025496)