GK
GENERAL SCIENCE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Seed
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Fruit
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Dry flower bud
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Vegetative bud
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cloves are the dried, unopened, nail-shaped flower buds of the evergreen tree Syzygium aromaticum. The name “clove” derives from the Latin word for nail, clavus (because of its shape).
Detailed explanation-2: -Clove buds are the aromatic flower of the Clove tree, native to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia and commonly used as a spice1. Clove Bud Essential Oil is distilled from the dried flower buds and is clear to yellow in colour, turning brownish.
Detailed explanation-3: -The best-known of the dried flower buds is cloves (Syzygium aromaticum, syn. Eugenia aromaticum or Eugenia caryophyllata) which is the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae.
Detailed explanation-4: -So, the correct answer is ‘Unopened flower buds’.