What is the water content in a watermelon?

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(B) Water is essential for all physiological activities of plants and plays a very important role in all living organisms.Most herbaceous plants have

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$92\%$ or more

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(B) Water is essential for all physiological activities of plants and plays a very important role in all living organisms.Most herbaceous plants have only about $10-15\%$ of their fresh weight as dry matter.Of the remaining,most of the water is present.$A$ watermelon has over $92\%$ water,while most herbaceous plants have only about $10-15\%$ of their fresh weight as dry matter.

Column-$I$	Column-$II$
$i$. Gravitational water	$a$. Water absorbed and held by soil particles.
$ii$. Hygroscopic water	$b$. Water present in pores between soil particles.
$iii$. Combined water	$c$. Water that percolates deep into the soil.
$iv$. Capillary water	$d$. Present in the form of hydrated oxides of silicon or aluminium.

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