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Epidermis

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When the peel the skin of a potato tuber, we remove

(a) periderm

(b) epidermis

(c) cuticle

(d) sapwood

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Solution

Periderm Patato is underground stem. The outer epidermal layer of the stem is known as periderm. So when we remove skin of potato, we are actually removing the periderm.

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