AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -1: The carrot vegetable we eat is the taproot of a carrot plant. The large, central root (what we call a carrot) is a taproot and has many much smaller lateral roots that emerge from the sides.

Detailed explanation-2: -The two sorts of root systems anchor the plant to the soil. The two systems are examples of genuine roots which develop from the radicle of the plant embryo. Plants like carrots and radish exhibit a tap root system, while grass and coconut trees have fibrous root systems.

Detailed explanation-3: -carrot, (Daucus carota), herbaceous, generally biennial plant of the Apiaceae family that produces an edible taproot. Among common varieties root shapes range from globular to long, with lower ends blunt to pointed. Besides the orange-coloured roots, white-, yellow-, and purple-fleshed varieties are known.

Detailed explanation-4: -∙ Carrot is an example of a root vegetable.