DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
FAMILIES OF ANGIOSPERMS
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Question
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What is a gymnosperm?
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A plant that produces seed without fruit.
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A plant that produces fruit.
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A plant that produces flowers.
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A plant that has no roots.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The flowering plants that bear seed but no fruits are called gymnosperms. Their seeds are thin and naked, not enclosed in fruits. Most gymnosperms are evergreen i.e. they do not shed all their leaves at one time. Some examples are pine, fir, cedar and spruce trees that grow in mountainous areas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gymnosperms do not form fruit, angiosperm form fruit. 2. Gymnosperms have naked seeds, angiosperms have enclosed seeds.
Detailed explanation-3: -In angiosperms the ovary of the flower forms the fruit. Since, gymnosperms do not produce flowers, they do not form fruits.
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