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Are potatoes a vegetable or fruit?

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Neither, potatoes belong to a group of plants known as the Solanaceae family. The family includes Datura (Jimson weed), mandrake, deadly nightshade (belladonna), capsicum (paprika, chili pepper), potato, tobacco, tomato, eggplant and petunia.

Potatoes are a vegetable.

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Potatoes are a vegetable, as they are not created by the fertilization of a flower. The potato plant will produce a fruit that resembles a small tomato, but it is not edible.

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no a potato is a starch not a fruit and it is edible normally cooked but raw if you really want to :)

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Answer: Veggie

Why: It doesn't have seeds anything that has seeds is considered a fruit!

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A potato is a tuber, native to South America, and is defined as a vegetable. The tuber is the only edible part of the potato plant, and is always served cooked.

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A potato is a tuber.

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