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No, we just discussed this in our bio class its actually a tuberous root, not to be confused with the term tuber. Potatoes on the other hand are stems, but there is a difference.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt is indeed! b
eacuse potato is understood as a tubers in the vegetable system.
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∙ 13y agoNo. Although the potato is grown underground, it is grown from underground roots and it is not undeground stems.
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∙ 13y agoThe sweet potato is a root. It is called a storage root. It helps the plant store food,water & mineral salts.
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∙ 11y agoyes,sweet potato is underground stream
Sweet potato is not underground stem, it is an underground root.
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∙ 8y agoPotatoes, garlic and onion have stems that grow underground.
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∙ 12y agoyes. because it is considered as tubers
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∙ 14y agoSweet Potatoes Do Come From Underground !
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What name is given to the underground stem of ferns and mosses?
roots and stems
Which of these is a modified underground stem radish carrot sweet potato potato?
potato
What is a sweet patato?
A sweet potato is a vegetable. Sweet potato's are considered to be a root vegetable because it grows underground. The sweet potato is pinkish orange in color.
How are potatoes and sweet potatoes grow in the field?
Sweet potato, like white (etc.) potatoes are tubers, in other words, edible roots. They grow underground. (in the ground.)
Are the things growing underground from your sweet potato vine edible?
no!!
What plant is an underground roots?
Carrot, sweet potato and turnip
Do potatoes propagate?
Sweet potato is a type of potato but it is not like potato produce by underground stem but by storage root
Does a sweet potato stores food in its roots?
Sweet Potato stores the food in stems ! The Scientific name of the sweet potato is Ipomoe botata. The roots develops from nodes, and leaves will come up, even if we placed in normal temperatue !
What is the largest sweet potato grown in TN?
9 pounds, grown in Rutherford County, 2008
What is a tubereous root?
An enlarged, fleshy, underground root such as a dahlia or a sweet potato.
Is tuber a root?
An enlarged, fleshy, underground root such as a dahlia or a sweet potato.
Where is the sweet potato primarily grown in the us?
in the western part of North Carolina
