What is a tuber?
A tuber is a type of enlarged structure used as storage organs for nutrients in some plants grown underneath the soil. (1, 2)
Tubers are the edible stems of a plant. Tubers are the thick, underground stems of a plant, not the roots. (2)
What is a tuber not?
A tuber is NOT a root vegetable. (2)
What are types of tubers?
stem tubers (1)
root tubers (1)
jerusalem artichokes (2)
jicama (2)
potatoes (2)
ulluco (2)
yams (2)
Resources
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuber
2. https://www.nutritionadvance.com/types-of-tubers/
