storage organ

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storage
noun[U]
uk
/ˈstɔː.rɪdʒ/us
/ˈstɔːr.ɪdʒ/
the putting and keeping of things in a special place for use in ...
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organ
noun
uk
/ˈɔː.ɡən/us
/ˈɔːr.ɡən/
a part of the body of an animal or plant that performs a ...
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(Definition ofstorageandorganfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The phenotype is similar in that they all have an altered shape in theirstorageorganwhich, for the cereals is the endosperm.
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The gut is the majorstorageorganfor lipid and protein and is easy to use for this purpose.
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For genetic analysis, it has a major advantage over cereals in that itsstorageorganis diploid.
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In gardening, other kinds ofstorageorganare also called bulbs or ornamental bulbs.
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It opens into the esophageal lumen and apparently functions as a secretory gland andstorageorgan.
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In cyclamen, thisstorageorganis called a tuber.
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Subordinates do not appear to use the liver as a strategic energystorageorgan.
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A stem tuber is a thickened part of a rhizome or stolon that has been enlarged for use as astorageorgan.
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They have a very efficient foodstorageorganand a very low metabolic rate combined with a relatively inactive lifestyle.
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After mating, most of the protein remains in the female storage organs with very low levels entering the circulatory system.
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Dioscorea, a wild yam, had no significant effect, possibly due to heavy investment in below-ground storage organs, a characteristic of this family in the tropics.
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The technical term for plants that form underground storage organs, including bulbs as well as tubers and corms, is geophyte.
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Enlarged stolons thicken to develop into storage organs.
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They are herbivorous, mainly eating geophytes (plants with underground storage organs) and grass rhizomes.
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Equally, storage organs need not be perennating organs.
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This is particularly common in species that develop underground storage organs, such as bulbs, corms and tubers.
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The pathogen primarily seeks to attack the plant's xylem vessels located in leaves, stems, blossoms and storage organs of herbaceous plants.
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Common forms of perennating organs are storage organs (e.g. tubers and rhizomes), and buds.
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Storage organs often grow underground, where they are better protected from attack by herbivores.
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One hypothesis is that carbohydrate tubers (plant underground storage organs) may have been eaten in high amounts by pre-agricultural humans.
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