edible root
Carrot, for instance
An edible root is a plant root that can be eaten, typically as a vegetable: carrots, beets, turnips, radishes.
The term appears in cooking, foraging, and botanical contexts.
Some "root vegetables" are technically tubers or bulbs rather than true roots, but common usage groups them together: The garden produced several edible roots this season.
- tuberUnderground nutrient reservoir
- carrotEdible orange taproot
- beetDark red root vegetable
- radishPeppery edible root
- turnipEdible white root crop
parsnip · potato · sweet potato · yam · ginger · cassava · dig · dig up · earthy · earth tones · soil · harvest · farmer's market · peel · underground · starchy · cellar · taproot
plant part consumed
edible rootleafy greens
Edible plant foliage
salad greens · fruit · edible seed · grain · nut
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