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Morphology Of Flowering Plants

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Edible part in 'sorosis', a composite fruit, is

  • cotyledons

  • endosperm

  • perianth and peduncle

  • fleshy thalamus

Solution

C.

perianth and peduncle

Sorosis is the composite fruit that develops from spike and catkin, eg, in pineapple edible part develops from perianth and peduncle.

Fleshy thalamus is an edible part of pear, apple fruit, eg, pome fruits.

Cotyledons are edible part of cashewnut, eg, nut fruits.

Endosperm is an edible part of caryopsis of wheat, rice, etc.

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