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Secondary growth is characterized by an increase in thickness or girth of the plant. It is caused by cell division in the lateral meristem. Herbaceous plants mostly undergo primary growth, with little secondary growth or increase in thickness. Secondary growth is initiated by the activity of the vascular cambium as …

The part of the axis of the plant which is usually ascending and aerial in nature, and also bears the leaves and reproductive structures is called the stem. The stem together with the leaves which it bears constitute the shoot. It is composed of three tissue systems that include the …