Define the following terms:
$(i)$ Dorsiventral leaf
$(ii)$ Periderm

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(N/A) $(i)$ In a dicot leaf,the mesophyll tissue is differentiated into palisade parenchyma and spongy parenchyma,which are located towards the upper and lower epidermis,respectively. Due to this differentiation,it is called a dorsiventral leaf.
$(ii)$ The phellogen (cork cambium),phellem (cork),and phelloderm (secondary cortex) are collectively known as the periderm.

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