Seeds are one of the parts of a plant, which can be consumed . When seeds are kept in water overnight, white structures can be seen to emerge from the seeds.what is the name of this structure, and how is it useful to the developing seed??

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It is an embryo.
a seed plant embryo is part of a seed, consisting of precursor tissues for the leaves, stem (see hypocotyl), and root (see radicle), as well as one or more cotyledons. Once the embryo begins to germinate — grow out from the seed — it is called a seedling (plantlet).

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