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Coconut belongs to.
Coconut belongs to.
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The correct option is A Drupe
- In strictly botanical terms, coconut is a
fibrous one-seeded drupe. It means the dry drupe.
- A drupe is basically a type
of fruit in which a fleshy part encompasses the hardened outer part. It, in
turn, houses a seed inside.
- A drupe has three layers, which are the exocarp
(means the outermost ‘hardened’ layer), the mesocarp (means the fleshy middle
part) and the endocarp (means the hard layer surrounding the seed.
- The correct
option is A.
- In strictly botanical terms, coconut is a fibrous one-seeded drupe. It means the dry drupe.
- A drupe is basically a type of fruit in which a fleshy part encompasses the hardened outer part. It, in turn, houses a seed inside.
- A drupe has three layers, which are the exocarp (means the outermost ‘hardened’ layer), the mesocarp (means the fleshy middle part) and the endocarp (means the hard layer surrounding the seed.
- The correct option is A.
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