What are the green coloured members of calyx called?

Sepals

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Petals

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Anther

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Stigma

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Solution

The correct option is A
Sepals
Sepals are green in colour. They are the outermost whorl of the flower and plays a major role in protection of inner whorls called androecium and gynoecium.

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Aestivation is the mode of arrangement of sepals or petals with respect to the other members of the same whorl.

In a certain type of aestivation, sepals or petals are arranged without overlap and the margins of the petals touch one another.\

The described aestivation is called

Replace the question mark with the right word :

(a) calyx : sepals

? : petals

(b) leaf apex : tip of the leaf

? : edge of the leaf.

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