Normally one embryo develops in one seed but when an orange seed is squeezed many embryos of different shapes and sizes are seen. Mention how it has happened.

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Orange shows the phenomenon of polyembryony.
It is the phenomenon of two or more embryos developing from a single fertilized egg. Due to embryos resulting from the same egg, the embryos are identical to one another but are genetically diverse from the parents.
In botany, it is used to describe the process of seedlings emerging from one embryo.

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