alleryCoconut fruit is BEST described as a
ABerry with juicy fleshy pulp
BPome with accessory tissue
CCaryopsis like cereal grains
DDrupe with fibrous mesocarp
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Drupe with fibrous mesocarp
Coconut is a drupe (one-seeded, with differentiated pericarp).
Its mesocarp is fibrous (coir) rather than fleshy.
The endocarp is the stony shell; the white kernel is the endosperm.
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