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Plant growth is

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Limited
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Diffused
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Both (A) and (B)
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The correct option is B Unlimited
Growth can be defined as an irreversible permanent increase in size of an organ or its parts or even of an individual cell. Generally, growth is accompanied by metabolic processes (both anabolic and catabolic), that occur at the expense of energy. Therefore, for example, expansion of a leaf is growth. Plant growth is unique because plants retain the capacity for unlimited growth throughout their life. This ability of the plants is due to the presence of meristems at certain locations in their body. The cells of such meristems have the capacity to divide and self-perpetuate. The product, however,soon loses the capacity to divide and such cells make up the plant body.This form of growth where in new cells are always being added to the plant body by the activity of the meristem is called the open form of growth.

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