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Flower is a modified shoot as

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Thalamus may elongate to show internodes.

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There is aggregation into inflorescence.

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It bears essential organs.

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It may have epicalyx.

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Solution

The correct option is B Thalamus may elongate to show internodes.
The thalamus of a flower is the enlarged and condensed axis. It has nodes and very short internodes. It bears the floral whorls at the nodes. These whorls are arranged in a definite sequence. Hence, flower is called as modified shoot.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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