An underground specialised shoot with reduced disc like stem covered by fleshy leaves is

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5.Morphology of Flowering Plants

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An underground specialised shoot with reduced disc like stem covered by fleshy leaves is

A

Bulb

B

Bulbil

C

Rhizome

D

Rhizophore

Solution

(a) In bulb the stem is highly reduced and can be seen only as a disc like structure.

On this disc are present numerous fleshy scaly leaves covering a central terminal bud.

Both the disc and scaly leaves collectively are called bulb.

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Biology

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