Q. In maize seed, coleorrhiza is present adjacent to

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Solution:

Maize seed (a endospermic monocot grain is one seeded fruit called caryopsis, because fruit wall (pericarp) is fused with testa embryo of maize seed contain single cotyledon called scutellum and embryo axis with plumule (embryonal shoot) and radicle (embryonal root). The later is adjacent to protective sheath coleorhiza.