Question

According to botanists, a fruit is always the matured ovary of a flowering plant.
Based on this definition, which of these is a fruit?

A) cotton
B) cabbage
C) carrot
D) onion

Answer 1

Cotton is a fruit

Explanation:

• Fruit is nothing but the seed bearing part in the flowering plants which is formed from the ovary after flowering
• Cotton grows in the form of cotton boll;the ovary swells around the seeds and develops into a boll.
• The cotton boll is described as a fruit because it contains seeds
• Fruits develops from the ovary of flowers of a plant whereas vegetable consists of roots,stems and leaves