Maturity

Mature- Maturity - Maturation [ Biology ]
Synonym: Adult - Adulthood
Transitive and intransitive verb: To mature (past matured, past participle matured, present participle maturing, 3rd person present singular matures)

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	1)	*The maturity is the stage of development in which an organism has reached the age for reproduction or adulthood age* In biology the term mature describe a plant or animal having general characteristics that do not change with continued age and will not gain any additional complexity with further aging and is ready to reproduce. For a more detailed explanation see: Sexual maturity

	2)	The maturity is also the stage of development in which an organ, structure or cell has reached a full natural growth or development; "a mature cell" “a mature seed” etc.

	3)	In Botany the term mature describe a fully developed fruit, that has reached a ripe condition. Ripening or maturation is a process in fruit that causes them to become more edible. In general, fruits get sweeter, less acidic, less green and softer as they ripen. After a process known as pollination the petals of the flower fall off , the ovary begins to expand and the ovule begins to develops into a seed. The ovary eventually comes to form, along with other parts of the flower in many cases, a structure surrounding the seed or seeds that is the fruit. For a more detailed explanation see: Ripen

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Holdfast roots [ Botany ]
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Some species of climbing plants develop holdfast roots which help to support the vines on trees, walls, and rocks. By forcing their way into minute pores and crevices, they hold the plant firmly in place.

Climbing plants, like the poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans), Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata), and trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans), develop holdfast roots which help to support the vines on trees, walls, and rocks. By forcing their way into minute pores and crevices, they hold the plant firmly in place. Usually the Holdfast roots die at the end of the first season, but in some species they are perennial. In the tropics some of the large climbing plants have hold-fast roots by which they attach themselves, and long, cord-like roots that extend downward through the air and may lengthen and branch for several years until they strike the soil and become absorbent roots.

Major references and further lectures:
1) E. N. Transeau “General Botany” Discovery Publishing House, 1994