Assertion: leaf's function | /r/HasProperty | photosynthesis
Facets:
value: in storage of food
type: PURPOSE
value: in leaves
type: LOCATION
value: as starch granules.•you
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Although some of the secondary functions of the leaf include water evaporation via transpiration, the primary function of the leaf is photosynthesis.
text: Its functions are photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration, and synthesis
text: The primary function of pigments in plants is photosynthesis, which uses the green pigment chlorophyll along with several red and yellow pigments that help to capture as much light energy as possible.
text: The function of a leaf is photosynthesis.
text: Leaves are adapted to perform certain important functions: photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration.
text: Leaves have three main physiological functions: photosynthesis, the biological conversion of light into chemical energy; transpiration, the evaporative movement of water out of the plant; and cellular respiration, the breakdown of foods and synthesis of high energy compounds.
text: •Cells in parenchyma tissue are thin walled and are often block-shaped.•Parenchyma cells remain alive at maturity and are abundant in roots, stems, leaves and fruit.•The primary functions of parenchyma tissue are photosynthesis in leaves and storage of food as starch granules.•You would expect such tissues to have many chloroplasts and/or amyloplasts