Potato
Potato noun - An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.
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Root
Root noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.
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They hide by covering their bodies with the shrubs on their backs, similar to how the edible part of a potato plant is part of the root and the rest is poisonous.
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They're about as realistic as a potato in a root beer factory, but they're there.
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The Lord of the Rings: although Tolkien worked hard to remove words that did not have a European root, he did let some things slide, such as "potato," which comes from the Taino word "batata".
Source: Orphaned Etymology
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