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Edible plant stems are one part of plants that are eaten by humans. Most plants are made up of roots, stems, leaves, flowers, buds and produce fruits containing seeds. Humans most commonly eat the seeds. An example of seeds are maize, wheat, coffee and various nuts, fruit examples include tomato and apples and leaves which are lettuce, spinach and cabbage, or toots examples are carrots and beets. Humans also eat the stems of many plants such as asparagus. There are also a few edible leaf stalks such as celery and some edible flowers.

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