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    Coconut water from a tender coconut is [NEET (Re) 2015]

    A) immature embryo

    B)      free nuclear endosperm

    C) innermost layers of the seed coat

    D) degenerated nucellus

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    [b] The coconut water from tender coconut that we are familiar with is nothing but free nuclear endosperm (made. up of thousands of nuclei) and the surrounding white kernel is the cellular endosperm.
    In the most common type of endosperm development the Primary Endosperm Nucleus (PEN) undergoes successive nuclear divisions to give rise to free nuclei. This stage of endosperm development is called free-nuclear endosperm.


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