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From the point of view of an angiosperm, what is the function of fruit?

Answer 1

The principal botanical function of a fruit is the protection and dissemination of the seeds.

Fruit, which develops from the ovary after flowering, is the structure in flowering plants that bears seeds.

Fruits like pods, which rip open forcefully when dry and fling out the seeds; Brightly colored fleshy fruits attract animals and birds and are eaten by them; they pass through the digestive tract unharmed and are thus dispersed away from the parent plant; many fruits promote wind dispersal; some fruits have hooks or spurs that cling to animals and are dispersed to far-off places.

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Answer 2

Penelope Adams

Angiosperm fruit serves to both preserve and disperse seeds.

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