Q. In gymnosperms, the seeds are naked because they lack
A) Integument
B) Nucellus
C) Pericarp
D) Perianth
Explanation
After fertilization, the ovary develops into fruit and ovary wall forms the fruit wall (pericarp). But gymnosperms have naked seeds because in gymnosperms, ovary (pericarp) is absent.
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