Propagule
noun
1.
Botany, Mycology. any structure capable of being propagated or acting as an agent of reproduction.
noun
1.
a plant part, such as a bud, that becomes detached from the rest of the plant and grows into a new plant
propagule
(prŏp’ə-gyl’)
Any of various structures that can give rise to a new individual organism, especially parts of a plant that serve as means of vegetative reproduction, such as corms, tubers, offsets, or runners. Seeds and spores are also propagules.
A elongated, dart-shaped seedling of various mangrove species growing in swampy habitats. A propagule develops from a seed that germinates while still attached to the parent tree. The parent supplies the seedling with nutrients and water until it becomes heavy and drops off. Its pointed end sticks in the mud or it floats away to colonize another area.
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