Plants
Modifications of primary leaves, stems, and roots occur in many higher plants.
Examples:
Primary organs | Defensive structures | Storage structures |
---|---|---|
Leaves | Spines | swollen leaves as in succulents |
Stems | Thorns | tubers such as the potato, rhizomes such as ginger, and the fleshy stems of cacti. |
Roots | - | carrot, and root tubers such as sweet potatoes |
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Famous quotes containing the word plants:
“We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves.”
—A.J. (Arnold Joseph)
“He who plants a tree
Plants a hope.”
—Lucy Larcom (18261893)
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—Anica Vesel Mander, U.S. author and feminist, and Anne Kent Rush (b. 1945)