ROOT VEGETABLE Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the phrase root vegetable. (close relations)
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| beet | nounn | |||||
noun • biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop • round red root vegetable | ||||||
| carrot | nounn | |||||
noun • deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant • perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions • orange root; important source of carotene • promise of reward as in "carrot and stick" | ||||||
| celeriac | ||||||
noun • grown for its thickened edible aromatic root • thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant | ||||||
| parsnip | nounn | |||||
noun • the whitish root of cultivated parsnip • a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root • whitish edible root; eaten cooked | ||||||
| potato | nounn | |||||
noun • an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland • annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous | ||||||
| radish | nounn | |||||
noun • pungent fleshy edible root • radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked • pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants • Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw • a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root | ||||||
| rutabaga | nounn | |||||
noun • the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food • a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root | ||||||
| salsify | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • edible root of the salsify plant • Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States • either of two long roots eaten cooked | ||||||
| taro | nounn | |||||
noun • edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants • herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves • tropical starchy tuberous root | ||||||
| turnip | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root • root of any of several members of the mustard family | ||||||
| yam | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • edible tuber of any of several yams • any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots • sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked • edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food | ||||||
| jicama | nounn | |||||
noun • The edible root of the yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus, used in salads in Central America. | ||||||
| celery root | nounn | |||||
noun • grown for its thickened edible aromatic root • thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant | ||||||
