Question
In what forms, apart from water, do plants excrete out liquid waste?

Answer

Apart from water, plants excrete out a number of liquid waste products into the soil around them. It includes essential oils, organic acids, aromatic oils, tannins, resins, latex and sap.
They are stored in leaves dead cells and the leaves fall off. Some other waste products are stored as resins and gums in old xylem of the plant and other wastes Most of these wastes are useful to humans.

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