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Potatoes are considered stems and not roots, because they are the part of the stem of the plant that grows underground, it's the part of the stem that thickens and accumulate starch.
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It's hard to tell. it's best to just memorize these things- carrot is a root, sweet potato is a root, potato is a stem, etc.
Stem tuber of the potato plant is edible
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Sweet potato is a type of potato but it is not like potato produce by underground stem but by storage root
A carrot is the root, just like a potato or onion.
Whoever said that a potato is a root just because it is below ground was making that up and doesn't know what they are talking about. A potato is just a thickened stem that is underground. As to why it is a root, does anyone care to elaborate? Please only answer if you actually know.
Sweet potato is root modification and potato is stem modification both are the example for analogy
answer.com feels that sugarcane is a stem of a plant
A stem tuber has axial buds. Such as "eyes" on a potato.
stem Think this may be wrong think it is called the tuber.