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What do hard wood and soft wood stand for? - Biology

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What do hard wood and soft wood stand for?

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Gymnosperm wood is called softwood due to the absence of vessels (therefore it is called non-porous wood). Dicot angiospermic wood is called hardwood because it possesses abundant vessels.

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Chapter 6: Anatomy of Flowering Plants - Exercises [Page 31]

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NCERT Exemplar Biology [English] Class 11
Chapter 6 Anatomy of Flowering Plants
Exercises | Q 13. | Page 31
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