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The coconut water from tender coconut represents
A
fleshy mesocarp.
B
free-nuclear proembryo.
C
free-nuclear endosperm.
D
endocarp.
Explanation
Coconut water is free-nuclear endosperm.
Detailed Solution
The primary endosperm nucleus undergoes successive nuclear divisions forming a free-nuclear endosperm; later cell walls form to make it cellular.
Coconut water from tender coconut is free-nuclear endosperm (thousands of nuclei), surrounded by the white kernel (cellular endosperm).
Coconut water from tender coconut is free-nuclear endosperm (thousands of nuclei), surrounded by the white kernel (cellular endosperm).