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Which is not true of sclereids?

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Found in shells of nuts, pulp of guava and seed coat of pea

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B

Are called stone cells

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C

They are a kind of sclerenchyma

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D

They are composed of living cells

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Solution

The correct option is D
They are composed of living cells

sclereids are dead cells.

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