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Biology Question on sexual reproduction in flowering plants

Milk of tender coconut represents (i)(i) and the surrounding white coconut meal represents (ii)(ii).

A

a

B

b

C

c

D

d

Answer

b

Explanation

Solution

In coconut (Cocos nucifera), the surrounding white kernel called coconut meal is cellular endosperm and the coconut water (also called coconut milk) in the centre is free nuclear endosperm made up of thousands of nuclei.