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Instead of water, glycerine is used as mounting medium in the preparation of a temporary mount of a leaf peel : (a) to enlarge the material by spreading (b) to prevent the material from drying (c) to clean the material (d) to colour the material

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Glycerine is hygroscopic in nature and hence does not allow the cells to dry up.

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