These monocots are cultivated for their edible tubers
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Sagittaria latifolia - Wikipedia  Sagittaria latifolia is a plant found in shallow wetlands and is sometimes known as broadleaf arrowhead, duck-potato, Indian potato, or wapato. This plant produces edible tubers that were extensively used by the ... (unranked):, Monocots .... Cultivation[edit] ... These tubers can be eaten raw or cooked for 15 to 20 minutes.
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Yam - New World Encyclopedia  They are monocots, related to palms, grasses, and orchids. There are ... Some species of yam are cultivated for their edible tubers, for medicinal use, and for other uses. Yams remain an ... These can fall to the ground and produce new plants.
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Plant Recognition: Classification and Identification of Field Crop ...  These methods include the classification of field crops based on use, season of ... plants known as monocots and dicots used in field crop classification and identification. ... Important crops grown for their edible roots or root parts include sweet...
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Starchy Root Crops, Tuber Crops and Corm Crops - Crop Farming  Common starchy root and tuber crops are listed, with their various common names and ... roots and tubers and tuberous crops, are plants that are grown for their modified, ... These organs are rich in carbohydrate and are commonly used as staple, ... A corm is a short, solid, thickened underground stem found in monocots.
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Yam (vegetable) - Wikipedia  Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers. Yams are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their ... Over 600 varieties of yams are known, and 95% of these crops are grown in Africa. Differences between true yam and sweet...
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This flavoring is the only edible product produced by an orchid plant  Jeopardy Question: NATURE - This flavoring is the only edible product produced by an orchid plant.
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Vegetables | Whole Foods Market  Pumpkins. Radishes. Rhubarb. Summer Squash. Sweet Potatoes, Yams .... Broccoli and cauliflower both belong to the brassica (cabbage) family and are so ... tender baby carrot, though some types are bred specifically to have smaller roots. ... Originally used as a preservation technique by the Aztecs, smoking provides a...
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Mexican 'truffles' from a corn fungus [Archive] - Soy Chicano Forums  In nature, the spores attack corn during the time the ears are ... Actually, I've been experimenting with maiz, although lately I really have been to ... Huitlacoche is the fungal, culinary delicacy Ustilago maydis that grows on ears of corn. ... The word huitlacoche, pronounced whee-tla-KO-cheh, comes from two...
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Yam (vegetable) - Wikipedia  Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers. ... Although some varieties of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) are also called "yam" ... It looks similar to the white yam in outer appearance; its tuber skin is usually a bit ..... Other uses of the term yam[edit].
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Chocolate cosmos / An inedible flower that smells chocolaty - SFGate  Nov 2, 2005 ... Rick Steves: Bounty of lesser-known treats to sweeten trip - Photo ... In the Bay Area's mild climate, the tubers of chocolate cosmos can overwinter in the ground. ... If you get plants or tubers late in the growing season, toward the end the ... recently mentioned that Cosmos atrosanguineus is believed to be...
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Organic Non-GMO Seeds - Katahdin Potato  Large round tubers have a waxy white flesh and thin buff skin. ... Product details  Comparison Charts  Growing Info ... One of the best-known Maine potatoes and a North American standard, Katahdin is prized for its adaptability, consistent performance and waxy flesh that is delicious boiled or in potato ... Types of Potatoes.
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Kudzu: Pictures, Flowers, Leaves and Identification - Edible Wild Food  Identify kudzu via its pictures, habitat, height, flowers and leaves. ... Flowers: The vine produces a long stem (15cm or 6) of reddish purple flowers. ... Edible parts: Kudzu leaves, flowers, blossoms, vine tips and roots are edible. The kudzu plant produces fragrant blossoms which you can make into jelly, syrup and candy.
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potato facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ...  Their goal was to develop a different kind of potato for every type of soil, sun, and ..... In 1793, during the "Reign of Terror," the French people celebrated potatoes as ... Farmers grow particular tubers as seed potatoes (not intended to be eaten) for ... to such pests as the Colorado potato beetle, red slugs, and blister beetles,...
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Tuber - Wikipedia  Tubers are enlarged structures in some plant species used as storage organs for nutrients. ... Common plant species with stem tubers include potato and yam. ... Some sources define the term "tuber" to mean only structures derived from stems; ... tubers and/or tubercules which act like seeds, producing small plants that...
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Chinese Vegetables: Warm-Season Varieties - Harvest to Table  Apr 16, 2010 ... Like other vegetable crops, Chinese vegetables can be divided into warm-season ... The tubers of arrowhead are eaten; bitter when raw but full-flavored like a nutty sweet .... Also called hairy melon, hairy gourd, and hairy cucumber. ... Try varieties: L. acutangula: Summer Long, Hybrid Green Glory; for L.
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Edible fungus - Dictionnaires  Dfinitions de Edible fungus, synonymes, antonymes, drivs de Edible fungus, ... and those that are more difficult to obtain (such as the prized truffle and matsutake) may be ... Ancient Romans and Greeks ate mushrooms, particularly the upper class. ... species (coral fungus family); Coprinus comatus, the Shaggy mane.
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Hearts of Palm - Melissa's Produce  From Floridas official state tree, the Cabbage Palm, comes the edible inner ... cream-colored stalks closely resemble white asparagus - minus the tips.
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"Vegetables of Interest"  Jul 6, 2009 ... The short growing seasons in the North required varieties with more rapid growth. ... potato named Triumph and a Maine potato called Katahdin. ... I like several things about the Red Pontiac potato aside from its ... If grown to maturity the tubers vary in size and shape. ..... Plus its skin has a silk-like finish.
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2. roots and tubers and derived products  DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION OF COMMODITIES ... ROOTS AND TUBERS are plants yielding starchy roots, tubers, rhizomes, corms and stems. ... (largely starches that account for 16-24 percent of their total weight) with very little ... 0122, SWEET POTATOES Ipomoea batatas, A seasonal crop grown in tropical and...
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Deadly nightshade and related plants - Science Daily  May 9, 2013  New research reveals that Solanaceae -- a flowering plant family with some species producing foods that are edible sources of nicotine -- may...
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Two Mediterranean Root Crops | Archives | Aggie Horticulture  Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa), like its more popular relative, carrot, has escaped from cultivation ... the Iroquois destroyed stores of parsnips grown by these Indians in western New York. ... Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) is sometimes called "oyster plant" or "vegetable ... The edible part of this plant is the long, fleshy, white root.