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Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
A bisexual flower has both the androecium and the gynoecium, as in the hibiscus. A unisexual flower has only one of the two, as in the papaya or the maize plant.
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Explanation
A plant bearing both kinds of unisexual flower is monoecious; one bearing only one kind is dioecious.
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