Which of the following statements about the cortex is true?

a. It secretes a protective layer of cutin.
b. It is at the core of the herbaceous eudicot stem.
c. It is filled with cork cells.
d. It translocates sugar by means of a pressure gradient.
e. It may contain collenchyma and sclerenchyma.


E

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