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What is vacuole mean?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

the vacuole is an organelle inside all cells that stores food in the cell.

plants have much larger vacuoles than animals because plants need to store food for longer periods of time in case of lack of nutrients, sunlight, water, etc. while animals may move around to find and consume food.

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