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Vegetative

57-Parallel venation

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Parallel venation, i.e. several primary veins extending side by side throughout the full length of the leaf, is characteristic of Monocotyledons.

Photo by K. R. Robertson of plants cultivated at the Illinois Natural History Survey.

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