HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
FRUIT SCIENCE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -This velvety green fruit which is again mistaken to be a vegetable is a fruit. Okra also known as the lady’s finger is a flowering plant with edible seed pods. Okra is primarily used as a vegetable. It is sometimes also used in soups and stews.
Detailed explanation-2: -Biologically classified as a fruit, okra is generally utilized like a vegetable in cooking. It’s frequently used in Southern American cuisine and a popular addition to gumbo.
Detailed explanation-3: -The fruit of Okra is a capsule which is a simple dry fruit that is dehiscent in nature. A capsule is a multi-chambered and multi seeded fruit that develops from a multicarpellary, syncarpous superior ovary which means that there are 2-3 carpels present fused together.