TREE PROPAGATION AND PLANTING
SEED PROPAGATION
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Question
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The ____ is the part where the seed was joined to the fruit.
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embryo
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seed coat
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scar
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food store
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The hilum is the scar on the seed coat through which seeds are attached to the fruit.
Detailed explanation-2: -The hilum is a scar on the outside of the seed where it was attached to the endocarp (inner layer of the fruit wall).
Detailed explanation-3: -In botany, a hilum (pronounced /ˈhaɪləm/) is a scar or mark left on a seed coat by the former attachment to the ovary wall or to the funiculus (which in turn attaches to the ovary wall).
Detailed explanation-4: -It permits water to enter the embryo before active germination. Hilum: may be a scar left by the stalk which attached the ovule to the ovary wall before it became a seed.
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