food
the potato A potato is a tuber; a type of underground storage organ that the plant can use to store energy in the form of starch which is used as fuel while the above-ground portion of the plant is growing during the growing season. Tubers are not roots (potato eyes are the roots) and are not fruits (potato plant fruits are found on the above-ground portion.)
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.
The part is root ***** It is the tubers that form on the roots that are eaten.
A potato is a root vegetable, not a grain.
On a sweet potato slip or plant, there are two simple parts: the roots and the bud or the green part that grows above ground. The roots are obvious.
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.
The most nutrient part of a potato is the skin... the skin is the very outside of the potato.
The roots
The part of the sweet potato plant that you eat is the root. The entire root is edible.
A potato is not a fruit because it is classified as a tuber, which is a type of underground stem that stores nutrients. Fruits, on the other hand, develop from the flowering part of a plant and contain seeds. While both fruits and tubers come from plants, their biological functions and structures are different, with fruits primarily serving to disperse seeds. Thus, the potato's growth and reproductive role align it more with vegetables than with fruits.
An animal that feeds on plant material is called a herbivore. Herbivores consume parts of plants, such as leaves, stems, roots, fruits, or seeds, as their primary food source.
the roots