FORESTRY
PLANT AND WOOD ANATOMY
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Question
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The cotyledon is a seed structure that stores nutrients.
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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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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -(a) In every seed, Cotyledons are present. These are produced with the endosperm within the seed. These are plants categorised on the basis of the presence of cotyledons. However, it is true that there are no cotyledons at all in the seedlings of some flowering plants.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cotyledons help supply the nutrition a plant embryo needs to germinate and become established as a photosynthetic organism and may themselves be a source of nutritional reserves or may aid the embryo in metabolizing nutrition stored elsewhere in the seed.
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