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What is the function of a fruit?

Answer 1

The seeds of a flowering plant are surrounded by a tissue called fruit, which may be fleshy or dry.

The fruit's roles include protecting the seed within and facilitating its spread.

Several fruits encourage wind dispersal; others have hooks or spurs that stick to animals' skin and fur and scatter the seeds; fruits resemble pods that rip open violently when dry and scatter the seeds; fleshy-colored fruits draw birds and animals and are consumed by them; they pass through the digestive system undamaged and scatter the seeds away from the parent plant.

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Answer 2

Vivian Aronson

A fruit's main purpose is to preserve and spread its seeds, which helps the plant reproduce. Fruits also frequently supply nutrients to animals that eat them, which helps spread the seeds.

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