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If the sepals of a flower are joined together, its petals are also joined together. Correct the following statement and rewrite it.


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Sepals:

  1. Sepals are green-coloured vegetative portions of plants seen only in blooming plants.
  2. The calyx is the flower's outermost covering, which encloses the flower bud and is known as the calyx collectively.
  3. The bulk of the sepals is made up of parenchyma, secretory cells called laticifers, tannin cells, and other specialized plant cell organelles.
  4. Green sepals have chloroplasts as well as separate palisade and spongy mesophylls in their cells. petals

Petals:

  1. Petals are modified leaves that encase the reproductive organs of a flower.
  2. They are usually brightly coloured or irregularly shaped to attract pollinators.

If a flower's sepals are connected together, its petals may or may not be united together.


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