Gymnosperms bear seeds but lack fruits because they lack

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Gymnosperms bear seeds but lack fruits because they lack (A) Cotyledon (B) Ovary (C) Ovule (D) Embryo.

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Gymnosperms have naked ovules, hence they do not have ovary. In angiosperms after fertilisation ovule develops into seed and ovary wall into pericarp. They together constitute a fruit. But in the absence of ovary, there would be no formation of fruit in gymnosperms.

Q. Gymnosperms bear seeds but lack fruits because they lack

Cotyledon

Ovary

Ovule

Embryo.

Gymnosperms have naked ovules, hence they do not have ovary. In angiosperms after fertilisation ovule develops into seed and ovary wall into pericarp. They together constitute a fruit. But in the absence of ovary, there would be no formation of fruit in gymnosperms.