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role in reproduction
...lettuce, the outer integument and ovary wall are completely fused, so seed and fruit form one entity; thus seeds and fruits can logically be described together as “dispersal units,” or diaspores. More often, however, the seeds are discrete units attached to the placenta on the inside of the fruit wall through a stalk, or funiculus.
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