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Flower, fruit and seed
Concepts tested here
- Flower as a modified shoot
All Questions
2011 AIPMT-PRE 1 question
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Which one of the following statements is correct?Every flower is a modified shoot: the shoot apical meristem changes into a floral meristem, the internodes do not elongate, and the floral appendages arise at successive nodes in place of leaves. So the flower of tulip is a modified shoot.
In tomato the fruit is a berry, not a capsule.
Orchid seeds are minute and lack endosperm; castor is the usual example of a seed with an oil-rich endosperm.
Primrose has free central placentation; basal placentation is seen in sunflower and marigold.
Hence the correct statement is that the flower of tulip is a modified shoot.