NEET 2006 · Class 12

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Long filamentous threads protruding at the end of a young cob of maize are (2006)

  1. (A)hairs
  2. (B)anthers
  3. (C)styles
  4. (D)ovaries

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Verbatim line

Wind-pollinated flowers often have a single ovule in each ovary and numerous flowers packed into an inflorescence; a familiar example is the corn cob – the ears you see are nothing but the stigma and style which wave in the wind to trap pollen grains.

Chapter
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Section
1.2.3 Pollination
Page
12
Words matched
43 of 44

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that the ears of a corn cob are 'the stigma and style which wave in the wind', directly identifying the filamentous threads as styles.

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