The endosperm of a plant ____

a. is the food supply for the new sporophyte plant
b. is composed of haploid tissue
c. protects the young embryo within a seed
d. provides a connection between the ovary of a flower and a developing seed
e. produces sperm cells


ANSWER: a

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