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JAMB Biology 1982 Question 32

Question 32

Reproduction in Plants

The maize grain is regarded as a fruit and not a seed because

  1. A.it has a coleorhiza
  2. B.it has a coleoptile
  3. C.of the relatively large endosperm
  4. D.there is the remains of a style
  5. E.of the relatively small scutellum.
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Answer: D (there is the remains of a style)

Explanation

A fruit develops from an ovary, and the maize grain still carries the remains of the style, which only an ovary has.