Box Plot. A box plot is a visual picture of a distribution using the five-number summary: the minimum, the first quartile (a.k.a. Q1), the median, the third quartile (Q3) and the maximum. Because they are simple diagrams, students can make box plots by hand.
Lotus root (renkon in Japanese) is actually the rhizome of the lotus plant. It's a popular vegetable throughout southern and eastern Asia, but it's still not that well known in the west. Lotus root is full of fiber and various vitamins and other nutrients.o prevent this, put the peeled lotus root in water with a little vinegar in it. If I slice it up, I put the slices in the vinegar water. If using the slices for a salad, or for any dish that has no further or very little more cooking, they should be boiled for a couple of minutes in vinegared water.
root. 1. the descending and subterranean part of a plant. 2. that portion of an organ, such as a tooth, hair, or nail, that is buried in the tissues, or by which it arises from another structure, or the part of a nerve that is adjacent to the center to which it is connected. Tooth anomalies with variations in root form. From Darby and Walsh, 1994.