Stern's Introductory Plant Biology
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Author: James Bidlack, Shelley Jansky, Kingsley R Stern
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Define plumule, radicle, coleoptile, coleorhiza, hypocotyl, after-ripening, stratification, and vivipary.
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