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Question
Mention significance of fruit and seed formation.
Solution
Significance of seed and fruit:
- Fruits provide nourishment to the developing seeds.
- Fruits protect the seeds in immature conditions.
- Seeds serve as important propagating organs (units) of plants.
- Seeds and fruits develop special devices for their dispersal and thus help in the distribution of the species.
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