what do you mean by runner, sucker, rhizome, offset, tuber and bulb?

=RUNNER- It is asteam thatgrows horizontly alongthe soil surface andgive rise to new plants either from axillary or terminal buds.

=RHIZOME-Rhizome elongated under ground horizontal steamwhich enables the plant to survive from one growing season to the next.

=SUCKER-A person who is easily tricked or deceived is called sucker.

=TUBER-Tuber is the swollen end of underground steam or root in some plant which enables them to survive in winter or dry season and is a mean of propagation.

=OFFSET-A short prostrate lateral shoot arising from the base of a plant is called offset.

=BULB-A rounded part of some plant that is under the ground and that grows into a plant during season is called bulb.

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these are all vegetative propagules which help in vegetative propagation of the plant like potato,ginger

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