DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: the fruit of a plant carries and protects the seed.

Detailed explanation-2: -Seeds of most of the plants are found in their fruits. Fruits of the plants protect the seeds and also help in seed dispersal.

Detailed explanation-3: -The fruit is the ripened ovary of a plant containing the seeds. After fertilization, the ovary swells and becomes either fleshy or hard and dry to protect the developing seeds.

Detailed explanation-4: -After fertilization the zygote forms the embryo, the ovule grows into a seed and the ovary develops into a fruit. The seed is present inside the fruit, and the fruit protects the seed.