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Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?

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1 Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?

2 Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
The potato is an underground storage stem, technically called a tuber. The “eyes” are actually buds from the stem!

3 Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
The carrot is a modified tap root.

4 Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
Celery stalks are actually really large petioles!

5 Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
The broccoli tops are under-developed flowers sometimes called broccoli florets!

6 Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
The sweet potato is really quite different from a regular potato!

7 Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
LEAVES! Most of what we eat from the onion are the modified fleshy storage leaves around the stem.

8 Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
The artichoke is actually a flower bud, picked before the purple flower blooms!

9 Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
“Ginger root” is actually not a root at all. It is a modified storage stem called a rhizome.


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