The edible part of an apple is: (NSCL 2018)

✅Explanation: In an apple, the fleshy and edible part we consume is the enlarged thalamus (the receptacle at the base of the flower) that develops along with the ovary wall.

📌Other Options Explanations:
-Endosperm: The nutritive tissue in seeds, usually absent or minimal in mature fruits.
-Cotyledon: The embryonic leaf within the seed.

🔑Key Points:
-In apple and pear, the thalamus is converted into a fruit.
-The fruit contains seeds inside and the outer fleshy part of the fruit is the thalamus i.e is the edible part.

✏️The fruit wall, or pericarp, is divided into three regions:
-The inner layer, or endocarp.
-The middle layer, or mesocarp.
-The outer layer, or exocarp.