NEET Biology question

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Succulent (drought-avoiding) plants store excess available water mainly in the form of

(A)Mucilage in leaf-succulent tissueCorrect
(B)Starch grains
(C)Oil droplets
(D)Crystalline protein bodies

Answer: (A)

Solution

Succulents, or drought-avoiding plants, store water (when it is available in excess) as mucilage in specialised leaf-succulent or stem-succulent tissue, which swells on water uptake and

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