NEET BIOLOGY

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

PLANT GROWTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A plant with a climbing stem that may grow on the sides of a building, fence or a tree. Select the correct option that matches this definition.
A
Tree
B
Shrub
C
Vine
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cucumber is a climber plant, which has a very weak stem due to which it cannot stand on it’s own. It can climb onto other plants or walls for support. It makes use of tendrils which grab fences or stems of other plants and starts climbing.

Detailed explanation-2: -: a plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining or creeps along the ground. also : the stem of such a plant. : any of various sprawling herbaceous plants (such as a tomato or potato) that lack specialized adaptations for climbing. : grape sense 2.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lianas (also known as vines, climbing plants or climbers) are plants with long, flexible, climbing stems that are rooted in the ground, and usually have long dangling branches.

Detailed explanation-4: -In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a threadlike shape used by climbing plants for support and attachment, as well as cellular invasion by parasitic plants such as Cuscuta.

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