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Morphology Of Flowering Plants

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Which of the following is a true nut?

  • Walnut

  • Cashewnut

  • Groundnut

  • Pistachio

Solution

B.

Cashewnut

Nut  is a fruit which develops from polycarpellary, superior ovary. The pericarp is hard, woody or leathery, eg, edible part of chestnut is cotyledons.

Groundnut is lomentum having seed as an edible part.

Walnut is a drupe fruit having cotyledon as an edible part.

Pistachio is a drupe having seed as an edible part.

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