It is a type of plant organ of some perennial plants that includes a part corresponding to the stem, usually discoidal in shape, from which roots and scaly modified leaves depart that serve as a nutrient storage organ that will serve the plant during the unfavorable season , in which they lose the aerial part, thus losing the ability to carry out photosynthesis. Synonym: Bulb. Eg: Tulip.
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