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Date palm is

A. Monoecious

B. Dioecious

C. Polygamous

D. None of the above

Answer: Option B

Solution (By Examveda Team)

Date palm is Dioecious.
The date palm is dioecious with male flowers deficient in functional gynoecium and female flowers deficient in functional androecium borne on separate palms.
The presence of male and female flowers on the same plant, a phenomenon known as monoecy, is unusual in male date palms.

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