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Potato is a stem or root?
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.
What is the thick part an underground stem called such as a potato?
A tuber.
What is the thick fat part of an underground stem called such as a potato?
That is called a tuber.
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.
Which of these is a modified underground stem radish carrot sweet potato potato?
potato
Is onion a modified stem or leaf?
Onion is a modified stem because it is a stem which grows underground
Why is ginger called a underground stem?
ginger is called an underground stem or a rhizome because it looks and acts like a root but it is different from a root because it usually grows horizontally. Rhizomes usually produce aerial stems and underground roots from these buds.
Do potatoes propagate?
Sweet potato is a type of potato but it is not like potato produce by underground stem but by storage root
Why potato is a stem?
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.
What are examples of edible underground stems?
ginger , turmeric, potato are different examples of underground stem buds.
Where does a potato bud get its food?
It gets its roots from the underground stem of its parent plant.
In which part of the plant do potatoes store their starch?
well you can eat the potato buns and if you disire you can simply shove the whole potato in your mouth
