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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A '''storage organ''' is a part of a [[plant]] specifically modified for storage of energy (generally in the form of [[carbohydrate]]s) or [[water]]. Storage organs often grow underground, where they are better protected from attack by [[herbivore]]s. Underground storage organs and the plants that bear them are sometimes called '''geophytes'''.<br />
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In common parlance, underground storage organs may be generically called roots, tubers, or bulbs, but to the botanist these are specific, technical terms, which apply only more narrowly:<br />
* True [[root]]s:<br />
** [[Tuberous root]]<br />
** Storage [[taproot]]<br />
* Modified [[plant stem|stem]]s:<br />
** [[Corm]]<br />
** [[Tuber]]<br />
** [[Rhizome]]<br />
** [[Pseudobulb]]<br />
* Others:<br />
** Storage [[hypocotyl]]<br />
** [[Bulb]]<br />
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Storage organs used for food may be generically called [[root vegetable]]s, although this phrase should not be taken to imply that the class only includes true roots.<br />
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