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Why do plant cells posses large sized vacuole?

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Plant cells are known to have bigger vacuoles than that of animal cells as they need to store food and water. This is because the plant don't possess the ability to move freely like that of animals. Thus, they possess alrge vacuoles as a reservoir in unfavourable conditions.
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