Why roses have thorns?

Similarly in roses, they have thorns (actually prickles in Botany) to protect them from being eaten by animals. Extra protection functions like Thorns for Roses or Regeneration is triggered by DNA from earlier events of damage. NOTE : Thorns are derived from shoots and Prickles are derived from epidermis tissue. The thorns, while unpleasant to …

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