vòi nhụy
Definition
- Noun (Botany):
- Style: The slender, elongated part of a pistil in a flower, connecting the stigma (the pollen-receptive tip) to the ovary. It acts as a tube through which pollen tubes grow to reach and fertilize the ovules.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Vòi nhụy của hoa sen rất dài. (The style of the lotus flower is very long.)
- Phấn hoa phải nảy mầm và phát triển ống phấn qua vòi nhụy. (Pollen must germinate and grow a pollen tube through the style.)
Advanced Usage
- In botanical descriptions, the style is a critical structure for plant reproduction. Its length, thickness, and number (single or multiple) can be key identifying features for different plant species.
Variants and Related Words
Nhụy hoa (n): The pistil, the entire female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of the ovary, style, and stigma.
- Nhụy hoa thường nằm ở trung tâm. (The pistil is usually located in the center.)
Đầu nhụy (n): The stigma, the sticky tip of the style that captures pollen.
- Đầu nhụy có chất dính để giữ phấn hoa. (The stigma has a sticky substance to hold pollen.)
Synonyms
- Style: The botanical term in English.
Related Terms (Botanical Context)
- Pistil: The female reproductive part of a flower, comprising the ovary, style, and stigma.
- Ovary: The enlarged basal part of the pistil containing the ovules.
- Stigma: The receptive tip of the style where pollen lands and germinates.