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shade-tolerant
having the ability to live in low light intensities
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runners (stolons)
a horizontal stem growing aboveground that may form roots at its tip or at nodes
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rhizomes
an underground, horizontal stem
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adventitious root
a root arising in an unexpected position, such as from a leaf
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sucker
an adventitious shoot arising from a root
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adventitious shoot
a shoot arising in an unusual position, such as from the side of a root
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twiners
a stem growing in a spiral fashion around a supportive object
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tendrils
a modified stem or leaf for climbing
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leaf tendril
a modified leaf or leaf part used as a grasping organ
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liana
a long-stemmed, woody, climbing plant growing from the ground into the tree canopy of tropical forests
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epiphyte
a plant growing on another plant for physical support
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buttress root
an enlarged, aboveground root giving support to a tree trunk
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prop root (stilt root)
a supportive root growing from an aboveground stem
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drip tip
a pointed leaf tip helping to drain water from the leaf surface
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leaf rosette
a group of leaves radiating from a short stem
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aerial root
a root emerging above soil level
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velamen
a water-absorbing tissue on the outside of orchids' aerial roots
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cladode
a flattened stem performing the function of a leaf (such as a cactus pad)
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bulb
a short, flattened stem bearing fleshy, food-storage leaves
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contractile root
a thickened root serving to pull a corm, bulb, or rhizome deeper into the soil
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corm
a short, swollen, underground stem in which food is stored
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cormel
a small, undeveloped corm
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stem tuber
an enlarged tip of a rhizome containing stored food
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root tuber
an enlarged, food-storage root bearing adventitious shoots
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saprophyte
an organism that obtains food from dead organic matter
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parasite
a plant or animal obtaining food from another living organism, frequently to the latter's detriment
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host
a plant or animal harboring a parasite
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haustorium
an organ produced by a parasite that penetrates and absorbs water and nutrients from the host's tissues
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hemiparasite
a parasite that invades its host to obtain only water and mineral nutrients
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mycorrhizae
an association between a fungus and the roots of a higher plant
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nitrogen-fixation
the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen gas into organic nitrogen compounds by a limited number of microorganisms
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root nodule
a small swelling on a root resulting from invasion by nitrogen-fixing bacteria
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nitrogen cycle
the circulation of nitrogen between the environment and living organisms
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insectivorous plant
a plant that captures and digests insects as a source of nitrogen; carnivorous plant
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