• uphillbothways@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    Seed comes almost entirely from the female plant ovule. The male gamete, transported in pollen, makes but a minor contribution in catalyzing the process. Hell, many plants form fruit and sometimes even unfertilized yet viable parthenogenetic seeds without male genetic contribution. Seed is a poor metaphor in this instance.

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      2 years ago

      Very poor metaphor. Usually you notice poor metaphor when nobody knows what it means.