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storage organ
noun
, Botany.
- any swollen plant part in which food is stored, as fruit, root, or tuber.
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When this happens, plants can stash excess food in storage organs, such as roots or bulbs.
Phloem can also carry sugars from storage organs to parts of a plant that need energy to grow.
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