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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Aren't sweet potatoes root tubers?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Vegetables are “parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food.”

Sweet potatoes are both tubers and vegetables.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

By this definition, grass and tree bark are vegetables

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Carrots are also roots.