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It's a dry indehiscent fruit.
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What plants are in the corn family?
The corn that we eat is the seed part of the corn plant. Each little kernel is a fertilized seed, and if left to mature and dry can be planted and will grow a corn plant.
What is the purpose of silk on and ear of corn?
To get straight to the point - the silk is on the ear of corn so it can catch the pollen falling from the tassels on top of the corn plant. Each silk is able to produce one kernel of corn.
What part of a plant is peanuts?
Peanut and corn kernel are fruits. The full peanut is a fruit, just the part you eat is the cotyledon (or seed).
Is popcorn a fruit or a vegi?
Popcorn is a Vegetable; the kernel is the seed of the corn plant.
What does the tip cap of a corn kernel do?
it protects the delicate part of the root
What part of the plant is corn?
Corn is what the entire plant is called. What you're probably thinking about is the part we eat. This is the seed, know in corn plants as the kernel (pronounced as it is spelled), and is located on the stem of the plant on what is called the ear. The ear of corn is surrounded by a husk (really fibrous leaves) that protect it as it is growing. The cob is the part of the ear which is left behind when the kernels are removed. The topmost part of the corn plant is the tassel or the male part of the flower. That's where the pollen forms. Corn relies on wind to carry the pollen from the tassel to the ear which is the female part of the flower. Because the two parts do not normally mature at the same time, self-pollination does not happen.
What is the origin of corn kernels?
The corn kernel is the dried seed flesh from a corn plant so the kernels are dried on the cob and go hard. To turn it into popcorn however, because there is a small amount of water in the kernel, after getting very hot it expands and turns the kernel I side out o it is a mini corn explosion.
A kernel of corn contains an embryo plant that is capable of becoming a complex plant with roots stalks leaves and ears of corn This potential reflects which property of life?
growth and development
What is corn germ?
Corn germ is the embryo inside a corn kernel. Its the little solid part. It's essentially a seed.
What contains more real corn candy corn or a kernel of corn?
A kernel of corn. Candy corn contains corn syrup which is not real corn, but a product manufactured from corn starch.
What is the homonym for kernel?
A homonym is a word that has the same spelling and the same definition as another word. A kernel is the seed a corn, as well as part of an operating system.
What do you call a piece of corn in the army?
a corn kernel
