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The pollination is ......... in eel grass

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Hydrophilous
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Zoophilous
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Entomophilous
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Anemophilous
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The correct option is A Hydrophilous
A tethered structure of the eel grass flower draws in free sailing male flowers for pollination by forming a dimple on water surface. The female flower is also blown by the wind, but it is anchored by its stem. As the breeze tugs at it, so its stem pulls it lower in the water, creating a dimple in the surface. The male ship, moving freely, sails into the dimple, toboggans down its slope and collides so violently with the female flower that the pollen is knocked out of its anthers. The female flower, having achieved fertilization, then closes.

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