​Seeds from plants like dandelions and cottonwood trees are light and have feathery bristles and can be carried long distances by the wind.

dandelion (n) hoa bồ công anh

feathery​ (a) mảnh, nhẹ như lông tơ

​1. Wind dispersal

​Have you ever blown on a dandelion head and watched the seeds float away?

​​dandelion

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swan plants

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cottonwood trees

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Fleabane

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​Seeds from plants are light and have feathery bristles and can be carried long distances by the wind.

maple trees

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kauri

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​Some plants, like kauri and maple trees, have ‘winged’ seeds. They don’t float away but flutter to the ground.

flutter (v) rung rinh

​2. Water disperal

Many plants have seeds that use water as a means of dispersal such as mangrove trees, coconut trees, lotus, Kōwhai trees...

If the seeds fall in the water, they are carried away by the tide to grow somewhere else.​

​Mangrove trees

Kōwhai trees

​3. Animal disperal

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barb (n) (thực vậy học) gai, râu

hook (n) cái móc​

​Birds often fly far away from the parent plant and disperse the seeds in their dropping.

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Some seeds have hooks or barbs that catch onto an animal’s fur, feathers or skin.

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​4. Explosion

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​Some plants, like peas, gorse and flax, have seedpods that dry out once the seeds are ripe.

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When dry, the pods split open and the seeds scatter.

​gorse (n) cây kim tước

​flax (n) cây lanh

scatter (v) rải, gieo

pod (n) vỏ (quả đậu)​

ripe (a) chín​

​peas