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Re: Potato



Hi,

On Tue, 30 May 2000, Corey Popelier wrote:

> Well, irrelevantly to Debian its a carbohydrate.

Hmm, as a biologist, I cannot leave it like that.

A potato is a specialised starch storage organ of the potato plant,
necessary for vegetative reproduction. Starch is the carbohydrate, but
potato is the name for the organ and not for its content. 



Regards,

Kerstin


 
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