Potatoes are specialized stems that store food for potato plants. Which main tissue would you expect to primarily make up a potato?

A potato is a stem modified to store food, mainly starch. Ground tissue makes up much of a plant stem and commonly stores food, so a potato is primarily made of ground tissue. Dermal tissue forms the protective outer covering, while vascular tissue transports materials; phloem is one part of vascular tissue.

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