After fertilisation, the ovary of a flower develops into a
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. fruit
- Step 1: Following double fertilization in angiosperms, hormonal signals trigger major morphological transformations of floral structures.
- Step 2: The fertilized and expanded ovary wall (pericarp) matures into a true fruit, enclosing the developing seeds.
Answer
fruit.
Why not the others: 'seed' develops from the fertilized ovule (integuments become the seed coat, zygote becomes the embryo); 'stem' is a vegetative axis not derived from floral ovary tissue; 'flower' is the precursor reproductive shoot structure itself.
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