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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.
Rosamond Weber
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∙ 8y agoPotatoes come from what is usually called simple a "Potato Plant." It is from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum L which is native to the Andes.
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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.
What are the edible parts of a plant called?
Edible parts . What about the curds? What are they when it comes to cauliflower parts?
Is Potato plant a herb or sherb plant?
Neither. A potato is a plant with the potato in the ground under a green top.
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 eat potato from a decorative potato plant?
CAn you eat a decrative potato plants potato?
Is a potato an angiosperm plant?
Yes the potato is an angiosperm
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 a potato a plant cell or animal cell?
I am assuming you are talking about the potato plant as a whole and not just the stem of the plant, which is what is known as a "potato." So continuing with the assumption that you are talking about a potato plant, then yes a potato plant is a multicellular organism. It is an organism and it has more than one cell that work together for the good of the group of cells.
Is it legal to plant a potato?
Why
