A potato is a structure that stores nutrients and food for a plant.
The scientific name for this structure is called a Tuber (not Tuba)
There are two types of tuber, stem and root.
Stem Tubers are potatoes, this is because they shoot out a stem when the plant grows.
Root Tubas start off as roots and then enlarge to become storage organs, still acting as a main root.
The part of the potato plant we eat is called the tuber, which is actually an enlarged underground stem.
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.
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A potato is a plant cell. It is a type of vegetable that grows beneath the ground as part of the potato plant. The cells in a potato contain cell structures typical of plant cells, such as a cell wall and chloroplasts.
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.
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The most nutrient part of a potato is the skin... the skin is the very outside of the potato.
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The part of the sweet potato plant that you eat is the root. The entire root is edible.
The white potatoes are cut into many parts, making sure that each part has at least one “eye” (bud). Each piece of potato will grow from this part into an entirely new potato plant.
The potato plant develops tubers during its life cycle. The tubers serve as a storage organ for nutrients and are the part of the plant that is used for propagation.