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  If a fruit is fleshy and it has a hard stony pit containing a seed it is classified as a drupe. Drupes are covered by a thin skin derived from the outer tissue layer of the ovary....

      The pig heart, like that of other mammals, has four chambers. Each chamber is joined to a large blood vessel. A valve is present between each upper and lower chamber and between each...

dehiscent or indehiscent. Dry dehiscent fruits crack open along two seams and shed their seeds into the environment when the fruit is ripe. We will examine three common kinds of dry fruit.   1. The...