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5.Morphology of Flowering Plants
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The coconut water and the edible part of coconut are equivalent to
A
endosperm
B
endocarp
C
mesocarp
D
embryo
(AIPMT-2012)
Solution
(a) : Coconut fruit is a drupe. It has a membranous epicarp, fibrous mesocarp and stony endocarp. The endocarp encloses a single seed with brown testa that contains a small embryo and a white oily endosperm (edible part) with watery fluid called coconut water.
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