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How have plants dealt with the problem of water loss?

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Plants have tried to minimize the water loss by some adaptations like presence of sunken stomata only on the lower side of the leaf, cuticle and waxy depositions on the epidermal cells, leafless plants (certain cacti), presence of hairs, spines etc.

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