The Emergence Machine

Flower

physical · Biology · Level 7 · E6

E6Organisms

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A reproductive structure of a plant, enabling pollination and facilitating the continuation of the species.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “flower” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0FlowerPlantReproductionAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesBeeL8DaisyL8Eucalyptus FlowersL8FloricultureL8Freesia FlowerL8FlowerL7PlantL6ReproductionL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Plant L6 (requires) polysemous
    A flower is the reproductive structure of a plant
  • Reproduction L6 (requires)
    Flowers enable plant reproduction through pollination

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