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The wood of Gymnosperms is called softwood since it


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has a soft texture
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lacks vessels
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is suitable for furniture making
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lacks secondary growth.
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Solution

The correct option is B lacks vessels
Hardwoods or Angiosperms have a more complex structure. The main feature separating them from Softwoods or Gymnosperms are the water-conducting cells, vessels or pores and tracheids, plus more or less thick-walled and tightly-packed wood fiber cells, lacking in softwoods. Softwoods are composed essentially of water-conducting cells in the form of tracheids and medullary rays.

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