Stacy bought two vegetables. One of them is scaly with a few buds and the other has hairy structures. Which parts of the vegetable plants did she buy?

A. both are tuberous roots

B. root and stem, respectively

C. tuberous stem and root, respectively

Stacy has purchased tuberous stem and roots vegetable respectively

Explanation:

Tuber is thick underground stem, such as potato, Jerusalem artichokes, and yams for example. It usually has buds from which new plants could grow. So, the first part of Stacy's vegetable is definitely tuberous stem. The other part must be root, because it has hairy structures. These hair-like structures have function in the absorption of water and minerals from the soil, examples of stem vegetables are asparagus and kohlrabi. Root vegetable examples are celery root, Yams, beets, onions, turnips, rutabagas, horseradish, carrots, parsnips, kohlrabi, garlic, (or celeriac), turmeric. The root vegetables can grow underground, and has the ability of absorbing large quantity of amount of nutrients that are present in the soil.