DENDROLOGY

DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY

SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF WOODY PLANTS AND THEIR MEANINGS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Concentrated parts of various plants-such as seeds, fruits, and tubers-are used as ____ for humans and ____
A
building materials
B
Animals
C
Food
D
robots
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What parts of plants do you eat? Roots: Carrots, Potatoes and Onions. Flowers: Broccoli, Cauliflower Cabbage. Nuts and Seeds: Maize (corn), Beans, Rice, Pistachios and Cashews.

Detailed explanation-2: -Root and tuber crops are plants yielding starchy roots, tubers, rhizomes, corms, and stems. They are used mainly for human food (as such or in processed form), animal feed, and for manufacturing starch, alcohol, and fermented beverages including beer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tubers are usually high in starch. Examples are kūmara, potatoes, (storage root), yam, taro, Jerusalem artichoke and ulluco.

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