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Assertion : Verticillaster is a cymose inflorescence
Reason : The main axis and lateral branches of inflorescence end in flowers.

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If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

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If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

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If the assertion is true but the reason is false

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If both the assertion and reason are false

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Cymose inflorescence is the name of determinate or definite inflorescence in which the tip of the main axis terminates in a flower and further growth continues by one more lateral branches which also behave like the main axis.
Verticillaster is a special form of cymose inflorescence. The first axis ends in a flower, it bears two lateral branches, each ending in a flower, succeeding lateral branches are produced in an alternating manner.
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