Why Don't Onion Cells have Chloroplasts?

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Onion cells do not have chloroplasts because the plant would need sunlight to develop that part of a cell. Onions are grown under ground and does not get any sunlight during its growing process.
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Onion cells do not have chloroplasts because the plant would need sunlight to develop that part of a cell. Onions are grown under ground and does not get any sunlight during its growing
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There are chloroplasts in the leaves of the onion plant, but the onion bulb that is eaten grows underground where it would be useless to have chloroplasts, because there is no light
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The onion is a part of the root, which is usually underground. Thus, it has no need for chloroplasts to photosynthesize.
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b'cos the onion is in the underground , only it's leaves can get chloroplasts from the sun. gets mo?
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