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Potato

Starchy tuber used as a staple food

The potato is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.

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  • 2500 BCThe earliest archaeologically verified potato tuber remains are found at the coastal site of Ancon (central Peru).
  • Pre-Spanish conquestSolanum tuberosum tuberosum is cultivated by the indigenous people of the Chiloé Archipelago.
  • 1840The general sense of short and thick is transferred to the tuber through semantic change.
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