| 31. | The lenticular seed is vertically orientated, filled by the spiral embryo without endosperm.
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| 32. | The endosperm is yellowish with a smooth surface.
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| 33. | The barrier is established in the endosperm, a nutritive tissue supporting embryo growth.
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| 34. | The fruit of most flowering plants have endosperms with stored protein to nourish grass family.
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| 35. | Endosperm usually absent, and sometimes sparse.
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| 36. | Only the unique endosperm had been retained.
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| 37. | The spikelets themselves are elliptic, are long and carry filiformed hilum with farinosed endosperm.
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| 38. | Hence, the endosperm fails to nourish the embryo, resulting in a collapsed embryo.
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| 39. | It is foliaceous cotyledons embedded in endosperm.
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| 40. | The kernel is made of three components : the bran, the germ and the endosperm.
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