When a broken piece of the stem of a plant X is planted in the soil, a new plant grows from it in a week's time. The leaves of plant X also have many small entities Y in their margins which can fall to the ground alone or alongwith leaves and grow into new plants.(a) Name a plant which X could be.
(b) What are the entities Y present on the leaves of X known as?
(c) Name a plant other than X which can be reproduced from its leaves.
(d) Name a common plant grown in many homes which can be propagated from its broken stems like plant X.
(e) Name a kind of dormant organs present in dry stems of old grass plants lying in the fields which get activated and produce green grass plants after the rains.

(a) A plant X is bryophyllum as it has small entities on its margins that when fall on the ground can grow into new plants.

(b) The entities Y present on the leaves of bryophyllum is known as buds that when fall on the ground develops new plant.

(c) Other than bryophyllum, Begonia is the plant that can be reproduced from its leaves.

(d) Rose plant is the most common plant grown in many homes and can be propagated from its broken stems like bryophyllum.

(e) Buds are the dormant organs present in dry stems of old grass plants lying in the fields which get activated and produce green grass plants after the rains.

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Updated on: 23-Mar-2023

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