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[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Aren't sweet potatoes root tubers?

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] earthwalker31@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 19 points 3 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.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] superkret@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

By this definition, grass and tree bark are vegetables

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Carrots are also roots.