MadSci Network: Botany |
When a seed or a spore begins to grow that is called germination. Seed germination usually involves the emergence of the root and shoot, sometimes with the cotyledons (embryonic leaves) and sometimes not, of the embryonic plant. Some people also use germination in reference to sprouting bulbs or bulb-like structures. Your question confuses me a bit. Do you mean apple the fruit or apple the plant? Apple trees are seed plants, and their seeds germinate like other seeds. Apples, the tasty fruit, don't germinate; they do develop from an apple flower after pollination, and they do contain seeds. If I haven't understood, then please contact us again to clarify your question.
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