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double fertilizationAn exclusive process of angiosperms in which one male nucleus pollinates the egg nucleus to form a zygote, which develops into an embryo, while the other male nucleus joins with two other nuclei in the embryo sac to form endosperm, ...
of the central cell to form a triploid cell that grows by mitosis and develops into endosperm, a nutrient tissue that nourishes the embryo. This fertilization process, which involves two separate nuclear fusions, is called double fertilization and is, ...
 See also: Zygote, Plant, Nucleus, Endosperm, Angiosperm
  
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