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Biology Question on The Seed

The coconut water and the edible part of coconut are equivalent to

A

Endosperm

B

Endocarp

C

Mesocarp

D

Embryo

Answer

Endosperm

Explanation

Solution

Coconut fruit is a drupe. It has a membranous epicarp, fibrous mesocarp and stony endocarp. The endocarp encloses a single seed with brown testa that contains a small embryo and a white oily endosperm (edible part) with watery fluid called coconut water.