Plant Process (Noun)
Meaning
A natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- A small tuber grew on the stem of the plant as a plant process for underground food storage.
- Tendrils on a grapevine serve as plant processes for support as they twist and twine around available surfaces.
- In carnivorous plants like sundews, sticky droplets on the leaves form as a plant process to capture and digest insects.
- Roots and rhizomes are common examples of plant processes that occur underground to support a plant's growth.
- The aerial roots that hang from a strangler fig are plant processes that enable it to obtain and absorb moisture and nutrients from the air.