BOTANY

BOTANY

PLANT ANATOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or False:The coconut is one of the largest seeds in the plant kingdom.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The seed of the coconut is the second largest in the plant kingdom exceeded only by the rare ‘coco-de-mer ’ or double coconut. And if it drops on your head, you’ll know about it because it weighs between 1 and 4 kilograms when mature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lodoicea maldivica, also known as the double coconut, or coco-de-mer, is renowned for producing the largest and heaviest seeds in the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -The crops from which different oils are made are called oilseeds. Some examples of oilseeds are groundnut, mustard, coconut, sesamum, soyabean, castor seeds, cotton seeds, linseed, and sunflower.

Detailed explanation-4: -Botanically speaking, a coconut is a fibrous one-seeded drupe, which is a fruit with a hard stony covering enclosing the seed. A seed is the reproductive unit of a flowering plant.

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