NEET 2019 · Class 12

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Persistent nucellus in the seed is known as

  1. (A)Perisperm
  2. (B)Hilum
  3. (C)Tegmen
  4. (D)Chalaza

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Occasionally, in some seeds such as black pepper and beet, remnants of nucellus are also persistent.

Chapter
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Section
1.4.3 Seed
Page
19
Words matched
23 of 23

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'This residual, persistent nucellus is the perisperm', which directly matches the MCQ's definition and distinguishes perisperm from other seed structures.

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