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In flowers, the portion of a carpel in which the egg-containing ovules develop is

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Stamen
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Pistil
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Ovary
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Stigma
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Solution

The correct option is C Ovary
  • The ovary is an enlarged basal portion of the pistil, the female organ of a flower. The ovary contains ovules, which develop into seeds upon fertilisation. It will mature into a fruit, either dry and parchment-like or fleshy and it encloses the seeds.
  • A simple or unicarpellate ovary is formed from a single carpel, an evolutionarily modified leaf. It has one chamber (locule), within which are the ovules.
  • A multicarpellate ovary consists of more than one carpel and may have one or more locules.
  • Ovary position is a useful feature in classification. An ovary attached to the receptacle above the attachment of other floral parts is termed superior; when it lies below the attachment of other floral parts, it is inferior.

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