edible roots
Carrots and turnips
Edible roots are plant roots suitable for eating, including carrots, beets, turnips, radishes, and parsnips.
The category sometimes extends to tubers like potatoes and sweet potatoes, though these are technically modified stems.
Root vegetables are dietary staples worldwide, valued for their hardiness and storage life: The cellar was stocked with edible roots for winter.
- parsnipPale edible taproot
- radishPeppery edible root
- sweet potatoOrange-fleshed edible tuber
- carrotEdible orange taproot
- rutabagaBrassica root vegetable
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plant part consumed
edible rootsedible leaves
Consumable plant foliage
fruits · leafy greens · edible flowers · grains · nuts