You can very easily bend the stem of a plant without breaking it. Name the tissue in the plant which makes it possible. State any in characteristic feature of this tissue. .

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Solution

The permanent tissue that helps in bending of the tree is collenchyma present in the hypodermis of dicot stem as it provides elasticity and flexibility to plant. Its characters are:-
Composed of elongated cells.
Characteristically unevenly thickened.
Thickened at the corners or angles of cells.
These have vacuolated protoplast.

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