An example of a seed with endosperm, perisperm, and caruncle is
A
coffee
B
lily
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castor
D
cotton.
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Answer
Correct option: C.
castor
c (c) : In castor seed testa and tegmen are united together. Seed coat is tough and bright due to scleroprotein. Over narrower end a brownish pad is found which is called caruncle. Caruncle is carbohydrate in nature. This protects micropyle and develops as an integumental outgrowth after fertilization.Below seed coat a very thin membrane is found over kernel and called perisperm (the persistant nucellus).Below perisperm there is a large, white, swollen and oily mass called endsoperm.
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