Plants such as sorghum produce cyanide,a highly toxic defensive chemical.These plants avoid poisoning themselves by
A) dissolving the cyanide in waxes.
B) storing the cyanide in separate vacuoles.
C) storing the cyanide in the intercellular spaces.
D) modifying the cyanide so it is only toxic outside the plant cell.
E) storing the cyanide precursor separately from its activating enzyme.
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