Does boiled potato have dead cells? Does osmosis occur in that boiled one,if it doesn't please explain me why and how

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Nothing will happen as the cells of boiled potato are already dead and the selective permeability features of cell membrane doesn't remains valid. So, no osmosis neither movement of water will take place

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