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Which plant has a visible leaf modification that will help it conserve water in extremely dry environments?

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User Ethilium
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its a cactus! the cactus stores water and when its really hot it conserves water!

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User Platus
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Answer: cactus

Step-by-step explanation:

Cactus has modified visibily leaves called spine. These spines help and protect cactus from human and animal harm and also reduce the water loss from the cactus stem. When there is less rain the roots spread out and store water in the stem.

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