What do hardwood and softwood stand for?

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(N/A) The difference between softwood and hardwood is as follows:
SoftwoodHardwood
$(1)$ In gymnosperms, softwood mainly possesses tracheids.$(1)$ In angiosperms, hardwood mainly consists of vessels.
$(2)$ It lacks vessels.$(2)$ It lacks tracheids.

Softwood is typically produced by gymnosperms (conifers), which lack vessels in their xylem. Hardwood is typically produced by angiosperms (flowering plants), which possess vessels in their xylem.

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