to sip the minerals in the soil
No, broccoli is not an underground (root) vegetable.
Ginger is a under ground stem used as vegetable
too hide from enemies!
Lotus is a stem because it grows above the ground with leaves and flowers. The root of the lotus plant is usually submerged under water or in muddy soil.
Because the part that turn into the potato is a structure off the stem of the plant. You can see this for yourself because the "eyes" of the potato tuber are stem side shoots.
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A rhizome is a long modified stem that grows beneath the ground horizontally. It is often found in plants such as ginger, bamboo, and irises, and serves as a storage organ for nutrients and water.
To pump water from under ground and to stir grain.
The stem is the body of a plant that rises above the ground. Stem also means to be caused by.
1.under ground stem modifications 2.sub-aerial stem modifications aerial stem modifications
A lettuce plant does not have a woody stem. It grows on the ground.
It sprouts a mushroom stem and cap only to produce spores out of the gills under the cap.