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The potato is a large root (tuber) made of starch stored by the potato plant. It is designed to feed the "eyes" or sprouting nodes that would re-emerge when spring comes.
Inside the potato is tissues, cells, and starch. Potatoes have an internal structure called the medullar layer.

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