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Do plants excrete out waste? How?


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Excretion:

The process of removal of harmful waste products is known as excretion.

Ways of excretion in plants:

  1. Plants excrete gaseous waste products through stomata and lenticels by transpiration.
  2. Plants store some waste products like gums and resins in their barks and leaves.
  3. Aquatic plants excrete the metabolic waste by the process of diffusion.
  4. Some terrestrial plants excrete in the soil around them.

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