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NEET 2020
Exam
NEET
Year
2020
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Anatomy of Flowering Plants

NEET 2020 · Botany · Anatomy of Flowering Plants

Large, empty colourless cells of the adaxial epidermis along the...

Large, empty colourless cells of the adaxial epidermis along the veins of grass leaves are:

Options

  1. ALenticels
  2. BGuard cells
  3. CBundle sheath cells
  4. DBulliform cells

Correct answer

D. Bulliform cells

Step-by-step solution

In monocots like grass, the upper epidermis or adaxial surface has a motor or bulliform cells. These cells are large, empty colourless cells and are present along the veins. These cells by osmotic changes help in the rolling and unrolling of leaf lamina, which regulates the rate of transpiration.
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