Question

define cotyledon?
define seed coat?
define micropile,
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Answer 1

Answer:

• Cotyledons are a part of the embryo within seeds that form the first leaves when the plant germinates. They contain stored food that helps provide the initial energy that the plant needs to grow. In dicotyledonous plant they also help in photosynthesis.

• The purpose of the seed coat is to protect the seed from physical, temperature-related, or water damage. The seed coat also ensures that the plant seed remain in a state of dormancy until conditions are right for the plant embryo to germinate, or sprout.

• a minute opening in the integument of an ovule of a seed plant.