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21Stérilité mâle — On parle de stérilité mâle à propos de plantes incapables de se reproduire par autopollinisation, du fait d une stérilité des éléments mâles des fleurs. La stérilité mâle est utilisée par les sélectionneurs pour produire des variétés hybrides… …
22Foster parent — Foster Fos ter, a. [AS. f[=o]ster, f[=o]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so… …
23biological parent — noun One of a childs natural parents, either the male who supplied the sperm or the female who supplied the egg which interacted for the childs conception. I love my mom and dad who adopted me, but some day I would like to meet my biological… …
24pollen parent — noun The plant that contributes male reproductive material, the pollen …
25sex — /seks/, n. 1. either the male or female division of a species, esp. as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions. 2. the sum of the structural and functional differences by which the male and female are distinguished, or the… …
26plant breeding — Introduction application of genetic (genetics) principles to produce plants that are more useful to humans. This is accomplished by selecting plants found to be economically or aesthetically desirable, first by controlling the mating of… …
27Family — For other uses, see Family (disambiguation). Relationships …
28coloration — colorational, adj. colorationally, adv. /kul euh ray sheuhn/, n. appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds. [1605 15; COLOR + ATION] * * * ▪ biology Introduction in biology,… …
29Father — Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Father (disambiguation), Dad (disambiguation), Fatherhood (disambiguation), and Fathering (journal). Father with child A father is defined as a male parent of any type of offspring …
30father — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sire, forefather; founder, patriarch; priest, pastor; the Father, God. See ancestry, clergy, deity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A male parent] Syn. Sire, paterfamilias, progenitor, procreator, forebear,… …
