You are given a fairly old piece of dicot stem and a dicot root. Which of the following anatomical structures will you use to distinguish between the two? (a) Secondary xylem (b) Secondary phloem (c) Protoxylem (d) Cortical cells

You are given a fairly old piece of dicot stem and a dicot
root. Which of the following anatomical structures
will you use to distinguish between the two?
(a) Secondary xylem (b) Secondary phloem
(c) Protoxylem (d) Cortical cells
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(c) Protoxylem
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