plant organ

noun
UK /plɑːnt ˈɔːɡən/
US /plænt ˈɔːrɡən/

A plant organ is a part of a plant that does a special job, like a leaf or a root.

The leaf is a plant organ that helps the plant make food from sunlight.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A specialized part of a plant, such as a root, stem, leaf, or flower, that performs a particular function.

Botanists classify the root as a plant organ because it absorbs water and nutrients.

3. Any distinct structural unit of a plant that carries out a specific life process.

The flower is a plant organ involved in making seeds.

4. In biology, a group of tissues in a plant that work together for one purpose.

Each plant organ is made of several kinds of tissue working as a team.