Many oblique roots were given out from the lower nodes, apparently for extra support.

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a. Students must have observed adventitious roots in monocotyledonous plants like maize, sugarcane, wheat, etc. 

b. Adventitious roots develop from any part of a plant other than radicle. 

c. In such plants, adventitious roots arise from the lower node of a stem and provide extra support to the plant. These roots are also called as stilt roots.

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