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Elaiosomes (Ancient Gr****: ἔλαιον élaion "oil" + σόμα sóma "body") are
fleshy structures that are
attached to the
seeds of many
plant species. The elaiosome...
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flowering plants, the
diaspore is a seed and
fruit together, or a seed and
elaiosome. In a few plants, the
diaspore is most or all of the plant, and is known...
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worldwide distribution. Most
myrmecochorous plants produce seeds with
elaiosomes, a term encomp****ing
various external appendages or "food bodies" rich...
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source for Māori. The
washed arils were
called koroi and were
eaten raw.
Elaiosome,
fleshy structures attached to the
seeds of many
plant species Galbulus...
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biting off the seed with its
elaiosome and then
carrying the seed away for
about 100 m.
There they chew off the
elaiosome and
abandon the seed
which is...
- In myrmecochory,
seeds such as
those of
Chelidonium majus have a hard
coating and an
attached oil body, an
elaiosome, for
dispersal by ants....
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different quantity of seeds. The
seeds are
black grains with one
white elaiosome of
variable size. The
seeds are dis****d
through myrmecochory; that is...
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excrescence that is a
normal part of an animal's
anatomy Caruncle, an
elaiosome (fleshy
structure attached to the seed),
especially in the
plant family...
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finches apparently consuming the
ovaries and nectaries. The
seeds have an
elaiosome and are
spread by ants (myrmecochory). The wild
primrose is a
staple of...
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small and black,
borne in a long,
cylindrical capsule. Each has an
elaiosome,
which attracts ants to dis**** the
seeds (myrmecochory). Chelidonium...
