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When strong wind blows, the plants bend ...

When strong wind blows, the plants bend down and then again become erect. This flexibility in plants is due to
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Whose living cells provide tensile and mechanical strength

A

collenchyma

B

sclerenchyma

C

phloem

D

sclereids

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