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| Support tall, top-heavy plants; example: corn. |
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| Store food and water; example: raddish. |
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| Project above surface to obtain oxygen; example: mangroves. |
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| "Strangling" aerial roots |
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| Wrap around host trees; example: strangler fig. |
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| Aerial roots that support tall trunks of some tropical trees; example: cebia tree. |
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| Horizontal shoot that grows just below the surface; example: iris plant. |
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| Vertical underground shoots consisting mostly of the enlarged bases of leaves that store food; layers; example: onions. |
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| Horizontal shoots that grow along the surface; enable a plant to reproduce asexually; example: strawberries. |
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| Enlarged ends of rhizomes or stolons that are specialized for storing food; example: potatoes. |
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| Modified leaves that cling to other plants for support; example: pea plant. |
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| Spiky leaves for protection from animals; example: cactus. |
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| Leaves modified for storing water; example: ice plant. |
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| Produce plantlets that fall off the leaf and take root in the soil; example: Kalanchoe. |
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| Brightly colored to attract pollinators; example: poinsettia. |
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