Question: What is the direction of the stem of carrots, potato, turnip, ginger, and onion?

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According to direction stems are erect, that is rising straight up from the base; ascending,
rising obliquely, decumbent, more or less reclining on the ground at or near the base, the upper
part being erect or ascending; prostrate, lying flat on the ground; creeping, closely appressed to
the ground and rooting at the nodes; climbing or scandent, ascending by means of the support
offered by other plants or objects, by the use of tendrils, special spirally twisted organs, rootlets,
or by other means; and twining, climbing by coiling about other stems or objects.
Transcribed Image Text:According to direction stems are erect, that is rising straight up from the base; ascending, rising obliquely, decumbent, more or less reclining on the ground at or near the base, the upper part being erect or ascending; prostrate, lying flat on the ground; creeping, closely appressed to the ground and rooting at the nodes; climbing or scandent, ascending by means of the support offered by other plants or objects, by the use of tendrils, special spirally twisted organs, rootlets, or by other means; and twining, climbing by coiling about other stems or objects.
Question: What is the direction of the stem of carrots, potato, turnip, ginger, and onion?
Transcribed Image Text:Question: What is the direction of the stem of carrots, potato, turnip, ginger, and onion?
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