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' 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 activated and produce green grass plants after the rains.

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' 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 activated and produce green grass plants after the rains.

(a) The plant (X) could be bryophyllum.

(b) Buds (Y) are present on the leaves of bryophyllum (X).

(c) Begonia is also reproduced from its leaves.

(d) Money plant

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

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