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are one internodes long runners, usually...

_________are one internodes long runners, usually found in rosette plants at the ground/water level.

A

Trailers

B

Offsets

C

Stolons

D

Rhizomes

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B
Offsets are one internode long, thick, small runners bearing a cluster of leaves in rosette manner at the water or ground level and adventitious roots below the water or ground level arising from all nodes, e.g., Pistia (water lettuce), Eichhornia crassipes, etc.
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