NEET BIOLOGY

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An onion is an example of the ____ of a plant
A
bulb
B
Flower
C
stem
D
root
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The onion isn’t a root or a stem. It’s a tunicate bulb with a clump of fleshy leaves on top. An onion is a type of underground stem structure that has been modified.

Detailed explanation-2: -Onion plants have fibrous roots. Fibrous roots arise from the base of the stem leaves rather than from the radicle. They are bushy roots formed by several thin, hairy, and moderately branched roots.

Detailed explanation-3: -An onion isn’t a root or a stem in the traditional sense. It’s a tunicated bulb, or altered stem, with fleshy leaves that keep food and transmit it to other sections of the plant as needed. The onions are a member of the Allium genus, so they are among the most widely farmed plants inside the genus.

Detailed explanation-4: -onion, (Allium cepa), herbaceous biennial plant in the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae) grown for its edible bulb. The onion is likely native to southwestern Asia but is now grown throughout the world, chiefly in the temperate zones.

Detailed explanation-5: -An onion actually is actually an underground stem which is a bulb . Basically bulb is characterized under stem. So it is stem.

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