EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Gymnosperms are also called as ‘softwood spermatophytes’ because they lack thick-walled vessels rendering them softwood plants; because vessels impart strength to wood.

Detailed explanation-2: -Softwood is wood from gymnosperm trees such as conifers. The term is opposed to hardwood, which is the wood from angiosperm trees. The main differences between hardwoods and softwoods is that the structure of hardwoods lack resin canals, whereas softwoods lack pores (though not all softwoods have resin canals).

Detailed explanation-3: -Gymnosperms are sometimes known as softwood spermatophytes’, due to their absence of thick-walled vessels, which makes them softwood.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gymnosperms are also called soft wood spermatophytes because they lack. A. Thick-walled tracheids.