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potato

Origin: Sp. Patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.

(Science: botany) A plant (solanum tuberosum) of the nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of south America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as new Mexico.

The sweet potato (see below). Potato beetle, Potato bug.

The large green larva of a sphinx, or hawk moth (Macrosila quinquemaculata); called also tomato worm.

(Science: botany) Seaside potato A vine (ipomoea pandurata) having a pale purplish flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy places in the united states. A similar tropical American plant (I. Fastigiata) which it is thought may have been the original stock of the sweet potato.


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by mcar
Mon May 18, 2009 5:00 am
 
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Re: Fitness and Diet

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Porous potatoes - Osmosis

I think it may be described backwards above... If there is more solute in the solution than in the potato (hypertonic), water will move out of the potato, and if there is less solute in the solution than in the potato (hypotonic), water will move into the potato. I have ...

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by plasmodesmata11
Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:29 am
 
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Porous potatoes - Osmosis

i've done that experimet short time ago... when the potatoes cores are putted in that solutions it will loose or get water or doesn't loose or gain water. So the objective of this experiment is to find the hydric potencial of the potato. When the concentration ...

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by BlackCat
Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:50 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
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Porous potatoes - Osmosis

I was hoping someone would help me with this. Okay so you have an experiment where you use potato cores with NaCl solutions of different concentraions ( 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 5%, 10%) What is likely to happen to the potato cells and what occurred within the cell? What would ...

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by cassiemhotmailcom
Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:41 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
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