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A botanist has discovered a new plant species and is trying to classify the plant. Its seed has one cotyledon, it has six flower parts, its leaves have parallel veins, its stem is herbaceous, and the vascular bundles in its stem are scattered throughout the stem. Which best classifies this plant?
gymnosperm and dicot
gymnosperm and monocot
angiosperm and monocot
angiosperm and dicot

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angiosperm and monocot

Reason: the plant has flowers (so it's an angiosperm) and shows classic monocot traits — one cotyledon, flower parts in multiples of three (six), parallel leaf venation, and scattered vascular bundles.