Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants Question 93

93. Seed coat is not thin, membranous in :

[NEET 2013]

(a) Coconut

(b) Groundnut

(c) Gram

(d) Maize

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Answer : a

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(a) The seed coat develops from integuments originally surrounding the ovule. It is thick and hard in coconut which protect the embryo from mechanical injury and from drying out.