Carrot Root Small 97×320 Medium 195×640 Large 311×1024 Download Tiff Original 475×1562 | (738.2 KB) Description Roots of the carrot are designed to absorb moisture and matter from soil, and to hold nutrients for use. Keywords Botany, carrot, root, roots, starch, tuber Galleries Vegetables Source: Asa Gray, How Plants Grow, A Simple Introduction to Structural Botany (New York:American Book Company, 1858) 36 Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman
