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Name the parts of a bean seed and state the function of each.
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Answer
The seed coat, made of the testa and tegmen, protects the seed. The micropyle is a small pore through which water enters. The two cotyledons store food. The embryonal axis carries the plumule, which becomes the shoot, and the radicle, which becomes the root.
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Explanation
The hilum is the scar where the seed was attached to the fruit.
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