Fruit is the enlarged ripened ___

Ovary

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Ovule

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Embryo

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Nucleus

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The correct option is A
Ovary

A fruit is a seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering. The ovarian wall forming the fruit wall encloses the seed. The fruit protects the seed and helps in seed dispersal.

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A fruit is a ripened ovary.

\begin{matrix} Column I & Column II i) Fruit & p. Vallisneria ii) Seed & q. Double cocunut iii) Grain & r. Ripened ovule iv) Largest seed & s. Fruit wall and seed coat are fused and form a protective layer v) Non-endospermic seed & t. Enlarged ripened ovary \end{matrix}

After__ (pollination/ fertilization) floral parts dry and fall off while the ovary enlarges to form fruit with ovules becoming seeds.

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