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Are yams fruit or vegetable

Anonymous

∙ 17y ago

Updated: 11/11/2022

Yams are a tuber. Fruits are developed by flowers and contain reproductive cells, since the yam is not developed from the flower, it is considered not a fruit which makes it a vegetable.

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∙ 17y ago

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