### plant part | fruit | seed:

Acacia seed
* Some acacia seeds have appendages
  - small appendages
* can be difficult to germinate.
* have a small appendage called an elaisome which is full of nice tasting food for ants.
* is also a useful coffee substitute.

Areca nut
* can have deleterious effects.
* is the equivalent of an after-dinner mint.

Bean seed
* are big enough for children to handle easily
  - good dicots
* used for cooking purposes is dry when harvested.

Betel nut
* are ground and chewed like tobacco.
* contain a tannin with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitory activity in vitro.

Biennial seed
* Some biennial seeds produce foliage.
* are best sown in autumn
  - produced the second year of the plant's life

Black seed
* Most black seeds contain carbohydrates
  - have husks
* Some black seeds contain calcium
  - have dormancy
* are more pungent than white seeds.
* have hulls

### plant part | fruit | seed | caryopsis:

Amaranth
* Many amaranths are sensitive to day length, which is useful in developing varieties.
* are chemical compounds
  - colour
  - difficult to transplant except when the seedlings are very small
  - easy to grow so long as they have full sun
  - grain
  - green, leafy vegetables and grain crops
  - herbs
  - plants
* do well in hot, high light conditions, producing edible foliage in summer conditions.
* reproduce solely by seed, producing very small, dark seeds.
* vary in foliage color, leaf shape, plant height and flavor.

### plant part | fruit | seed | caryopsis | amaranth:

Palmer amaranth
* is an extremely vigorous, tall plant
  - capable of producing extraordinary amounts of seed
  - clearly the most aggressive pigweed in hot, humid to semiarid conditions
* weed that competes with cotton.

Tumbleweed
* are actually big bushes that break off and start tumbling in the wind
  - the skeletons of lost starfish
* is an amaranth
  - weeds
* roll in the wind, shaking seeds out as they travel.
* trickles chemicals into the soil.

Wheat berry
* Most wheat berries are part of wheat.
* Wheat berries are a natural heat retainer prolonging the heat therapy
  - grain
  - plant materials
  - the whole berries of the wheat
  - is considered the chief dish of ancient Egypt and Palestine
* crunchy grain that can be served either hot as a side dish, or cold as a cereal
  - which can be served either hot as a side dish or cold as a cereal

### plant part | fruit | seed | caryopsis | wheat berry:

Bulgur wheat
* adds texture and flavor to cooked beans, soups and stews.
* is soaked for several days in yoghurt and sour milk.
* wheat berry

Castor bean
* are an unusually versatile plant
  - oilseeds
* is another Euphorbiaceous plant believed to repel moles and other subterranean pests.

Celery seed
* Most celery seeds are part of celery
  - contain compounds
* Most celery seeds have health benefits
  - properties
* have benefits
  - impressive health benefits
* need light.

### plant part | fruit | seed:

Coffee bean
* Most coffee beans grow in blue mountain regions
* Some coffee beans are excreted by civets
  - indonesian civets
  - indonesian palm civets
  - pass through digestive tracts
* are actually the seeds of the coffee tree
  - green when picked
  - located in grocery stores
  - part of coffee
  - really seeds from berries that grow on shade-loving understory bushes
* come from the fruit of a coffee plant called a cherry.
  - on trees
* taste differently depending upon where they are grown.

Conifer seed
* Most conifer seeds possess a wing that carries the seed through the air to the ground.
* are located on cone scales
  - the primary food
  - very complex structures, containing cells from three generations of the tree
* can persist in the soil for decades.
* develop inside a protective cone called a strobilus.
* fall on grass above soil and sprouting seeds dry and wither as the grass dries out.
* have no triploid endosperm.