NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The enlarged base of the pistil that encloses the egg cells of the plant is known as Ovary. After fertilization ovary develops into fruit and the walls of the ovary give rise to the pericarp. Thus the correct answer is option C.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ovary: The enlarged basal portion of the pistil where ovules are produced.

Detailed explanation-3: -The pistil usually is located in the center of the flower and is made up of three parts: the stigma, style, and ovary. The stigma is the sticky knob at the top of the pistil. It is attached to the long, tubelike structure called the style. The style leads to the ovary that contains the female egg cells called ovules.

Detailed explanation-4: -ovary, in botany, enlarged basal portion of the pistil, the female organ of a flower. The ovary contains ovules, which develop into seeds upon fertilization. The ovary itself will mature into a fruit, either dry or fleshy, enclosing the seeds.

Detailed explanation-5: -The ovule is the organ that forms the seeds of flowering plants. It is borne in the ovary of the flower and consists of nucellus protected by integuments, precursors of embryo/endosperm, and seed coat, respectively.