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Potatoes are from the perennail Solanum tuberosum from the Solanaceae family, the word potato could refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber, which is what you buy at the store. Its a root vegetable, that is delicious and the 4th largest most eaten food in the world, behind only to rice, wheat, and corn.
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Who made the potato?
No one made the potato, it is a tuber of a plant (Solanum tuberosum).The original potato plant comes from South America, and was subsequently taken to Europe; after being hybridized it has become the "vegetable" that we are familiar with today.
Why is Potato Creek State Park in Indiana called Potato Creek?
This name comes from a plant that grew along the creek - it was a tuber plant used by Native Americans prior to pioneer settlement.
Is Potato plant a herb or sherb plant?
Neither. A potato is a plant with the potato in the ground under a green top.
Is a potato an animal or plant cell?
A potato is a plant cell. It is a type of vegetable that grows beneath the ground as part of the potato plant. The cells in a potato contain cell structures typical of plant cells, such as a cell wall and chloroplasts.
What is a potato fruit or vegetables?
The potato is definatly not a fruit because it is not derived form the ovule of a plant. It is infact a root. The definition of a vegetable is any edibal part of a plant therefore it actually comes under the subcatigory of a root or tuberous vegetable.
Can you plant a patato of a new patato?
Yes, you can plant a potato to grow a new plant. Potatoes have "eyes" or growth nodes from which new shoots will emerge. Planting a whole potato or a piece with an eye can both be used to grow a new potato plant.
Where is the disaccharide sucrose found in a potato plant?
The Disaccharide Sucrose found in a potato plant is in the flesh of the potato. The potato is nearly 100% starch and carbohydrates that produce sugars in the body.
Why you have to plant the cut pieces with the eye pointing of potato?
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Potato is which part of the plant-?
The part of the potato plant we eat is called the tuber, which is actually an enlarged underground stem.
Is it legal to plant a potato?
Why
A potato is a root of what plant?
It is a common misconception that potatoes are roots. They are actually tubers, and thus potatoes are a part of the potato plant. They are not the roots of any plant.
Where do ginger and potatoes sore there food?
In rhizomes - i.e the 'root ginger' part of the ginger plant, and the 'potato' part of the potato plant. Howeve the potato is a tuber, not a rhizome.
