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Examine a few flowers of any cucurbita plant and try to identify the staminate and pistillate flowers. Do you know any other plant that bears unisexual flowers?

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### Step-by-Step Text Solution: 1. **Understanding Unisexual Flowers**: - Unisexual flowers are those that contain either male or female reproductive structures, but not both. This means a flower can either have stamens (male parts) or pistils (female parts). 2. **Identifying Cucurbita Flowers**: - Cucurbita plants, such as pumpkins and squashes, produce unisexual flowers. - To identify the type of flower, observe the characteristics of the flowers. ...
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