Which among the following is a mismatched pair of plant and its edible part?
Options:
A .
Potato - stem
B .
Spinach - leaf
C .
Carrot - root
D .
Sweet potato - stem
Answer: Option D : D The potato that we consume is a modified underground stem of the plant. The edible part hence is a stem. But in sweet potatoes, the roots are modified to store food in the form of starch and are edible. Therefore, the edible part of sweet potato are roots.
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