Which term refers to a flower with only male or female parts?

Which term refers to a flower with only male or female parts?

• A. Imperfect flower
• B. Petals
• C. Cotyledon
• D. Plumule

Answer: (A)

In flowering plants, a blossom that has only one sex of reproductive parts is described as imperfect. That means it either has only male parts (stamens) or only female parts (pistils). Such flowers are categorized as staminate or pistillate, depending on which parts are present. Because they lack the other reproductive organ, they cannot fertilize by themselves. When a flower contains both stamens and pistils, it is considered perfect (bisexual). The other terms refer to structures that aren’t about the flower’s reproductive organs: petals are the colorful outer parts, cotyledon is a seed leaf, and plumule is the embryonic shoot.

In flowering plants, a blossom that has only one sex of reproductive parts is described as imperfect. That means it either has only male parts (stamens) or only female parts (pistils). Such flowers are categorized as staminate or pistillate, depending on which parts are present. Because they lack the other reproductive organ, they cannot fertilize by themselves. When a flower contains both stamens and pistils, it is considered perfect (bisexual). The other terms refer to structures that aren’t about the flower’s reproductive organs: petals are the colorful outer parts, cotyledon is a seed leaf, and plumule is the embryonic shoot.