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Edible part of coconut is :

A)  seed                                    

B)  endosperm

C)   mesocarp                         

D)  whole

Correct Answer: B

Solution :

                (b Coconut is a drupe tupe of fruit. In this fruit epicarp is smooth, mesocarp is fibrous and fleshy and endocarp is hard and stony. Edible part of coconut is endosperm. Mesocarp is fibrous and fleshy from which we yields coir.