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minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoSweet Potato is at least a potato.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIs it? In that case, potatoes are apples by French standards. (Because it’s in the name.)
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoThey’re as closely related as a human and a lemur. The Spanish just got confused between the names batata and papa and called them similar names. Yams are even further away from both sweet potatoes and potatoes.
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoSweet potatoes are more potatoes than onions are potatoes. What are yams though?
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThey’re fucking monocots, so way the hell removed (like onions). But none of these plants even share a family, order is the closest it gets.
Sweet Potato is at least a potato.
Is it? In that case, potatoes are apples by French standards. (Because it’s in the name.)
They are at least relatives.
They’re as closely related as a human and a lemur.
The Spanish just got confused between the names batata and papa and called them similar names. Yams are even further away from both sweet potatoes and potatoes.
Sweet potatoes are more potatoes than onions are potatoes.
What are yams though?
They’re fucking monocots, so way the hell removed (like onions). But none of these plants even share a family, order is the closest it gets.