NEET BIOLOGY

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

PLANT GROWTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The fleshy, often sweet, part of a plant that holds the seeds.
A
Fruit
B
Flower
C
Seed
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -fruit, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a flowering plant, enclosing the seed or seeds.

Detailed explanation-2: -The fleshy part of a fruit is called the mesocarp. It is between the fruit’s skin (exocarp) and the seeds. The juicy yellow part of the mango, for example, is the “fleshy” part of the mango. Usually, when we eat a fruit, we eat the “fleshy” part.

Detailed explanation-3: -Drupe has a fleshy pericarp, or ovary covering, which surrounds a single seed encased in a stony endocarp, e.g., a peach, prune, cherry, olives, or coconut.

Detailed explanation-4: -The mesocarp is the mid-layer of pericarp, between the epicarp and the endocarp. The mesocarp is the nutritious, fleshy part eaten between the skin and the seed.

Detailed explanation-5: -The pistil is the female part of the plant It holds the structure that becomes the fruits and seeds.

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