Question

Milk of tender coconut represents ------ and the surrounding white coconut meal represents -------.
A. `{:((i),(ii).),("cellular endosperm","free-nuclear endosperm"):}`
B. `{:((i),(ii).),("free-nuclear endosperm","cellular endosperm"):}`
C. `{:((i),(ii).),("helobial endoperm","cellular endosperm"):}`
D. `{:((i),(ii).),("free-nuclear endosperm","helobial endosperm"):}`

Answer 1

Correct Answer - B
In coconut (Cocos nucifera), the surrounding white kernel called coconut meal is cellular endosperm and the coconut water (also called coconut milk) in the centre is free nuclear endosperm made up of thousands of nuclei.