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Sweet potato is homologous to 

  • potato

  • colocasia

  • ginger

  • turnip

Solution

D.

turnip

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and turnip (Brassica rapa)both are roots. However, sweet potato is tuberous adventitious root while turnip is napiform tap -root.

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