Dispersal — Science definition
Moving seeds away from the parent by borrowing movement from wind, water or animals, so offspring do not compete with an established plant.
Where it is taught
- Flowers, Seeds & Plant Life Cycles — Coordination, Defense & Reproduction, Life Science & Scientific Inquiry, Grade 7
In use
Meanwhile the ovary around the seed often becomes a fruit, which is a dispersal device — the parachute, the hook, the float, or the sweet flesh that gets a seed carried and deposited somewhere new.
Flowers, Seeds & Plant Life Cycles