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  4. Anatomically fairly old dicotyledonous root is distinguished from the dicotyledonous stem by

Q. Anatomically fairly old dicotyledonous root is distinguished from the dicotyledonous stem by

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In dicot root the protoxylem is located near the periphery of the vascular cylinder, the metaxylem farther inward. In roots xylem is exarch or centripetal. In dicot stem the protoxylem is located near the centre of vascular bundle and metaxylem is located near the periphery i.e. the xylem is endarch or centrifugal.