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9. What adaptations do seeds and fruits have for dispersal 0. Define plumule, radicle, coleoptile, coleorhiza, hypocotyl, after-ripening, stratification, and vivipary. 1. Most wind-pollinated flowering plants have inconspicuous, nonfragrant flowers. How might nature be affected if all flowers were that way? 2. In discussing pomes, it was observed that the bulk of the flesh in an apple comes from the floral tube. What could you do to prove or disprove this? 3. Seed and fruit dispersal is achieved with the aid of wind, water, animals, mechanical means, and humans. If you were "designing" a new plant, can you think of any new way in which it might be dispersed? 4. When volcanic activity or coral polyps cause new islands to appear in the oceans, they eventually acquire some vegetation. Would you expect the types of dispersal mechanisms for the flowering plants on these islands to be the same as they were for ancient continents?