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(D) The correct answer is $D$.In plants like cotton,China rose,and lady's finger,the margins of sepals or petals overlap with the margin of the next o

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(D) The correct answer is $D$.In plants like cotton,China rose,and lady's finger,the margins of sepals or petals overlap with the margin of the next one in a regular pattern.This specific mode of arrangement of sepals or petals in a floral bud with respect to the other members of the same whorl is known as aestivation.In the twisted type of aestivation,one margin of each petal overlaps the next one,creating a spiral or twisted appearance.Image $D$ correctly represents this twisted aestivation.

Column-$I$ (Series)	Column-$II$ (Characteristics)
$(a)$ Bicarpellatae	$(p)$ Ovary superior
$(b)$ Inferae	$(q)$ Thalamus cup-shaped
$(c)$ Thalamiflorae	$(r)$ Thalamus dome-shaped
$(d)$ Calyciflorae	$(s)$ Gynoecium always bicarpellary
$(e)$ Heteromerae	$(t)$ Ovary inferior

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