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Characteristics
- Have one cotyledon in the seed embryo.
- Have long narrow leaves with parallel venation.
- Have fibrous roots. Also, have prop roots just above the ground.
- The vascular tissues are scattered within the stem.
- Lack vascular cambium.
Thus, they don’t undergo secondary growth/thickening within the stem.
- In the roots, the xylem and phloem alternate in a ring.
- The flower parts are arranged in threes (multiples of three).
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