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Plants are eukaryotic, multicellular and photosynthetic organisms on Earth. The plants evolved 450 million years ago from a group of freshwater alga. These contain chlorophyll, which helps in the process of photosynthesis.
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BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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