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Perisperm is a layer of nutritive tissue in the seed of certain flowering plants that is derived from nucellus and surrounds the embryo.
Hence, the correct option is option A i.e. remanants of nucellus. It is the residual nucellus which persists in some seeds. It provides nutrition to the embryo in seeds. For example, seeds of coffee, beet and black pepper.

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Dear student,

The remains of nucellus left after the fertilization and absorption by the endosperm and embryo is known as perisperm. Seeds which contain perisperm?are known as perispermic seed. Example: Black pepper.

So, the correct option is 1) remnants of nucellus.

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Perisperm is remnant of nucellus! It is found in piperaceae! It is the thin layer in seed which encloses the embryo!!
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