Question

Define the following:
Embryo

Answer 1

Embryo:

1. It is the result of the fusion of the male and female gamete within the ovule of a flower.
2. The fusion forms a zygote that undergoes cell division forming an embryo.
3. The embryo is the part of a seed from which the new plant develops.
4. The embryo extracts nutrition from the endosperm or cotyledon and grow finally forming primary shoot and root called plumule and radicle.