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In the fruit of coconut, the fibrous region is 

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Epicarp
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Mesocarp
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Endocarp
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Pericarp

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Correct option is B

Coconut has drupe fruit. Its epicarp is green and rind like, mesocarp is fibrous and spongy and endocarp is hard and stony. The edible part is endosperm.


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