root crops
Subterranean edible plants
Root crops are plants cultivated primarily for their edible underground parts—roots, tubers, or bulbs.
Carrots, potatoes, beets, turnips, and onions are common examples.
The term appears in agricultural and gardening contexts: Root crops store well through winter.
They're typically harvested by digging or pulling rather than picking.
- carrotEdible orange taproot
- taroEdible tropical corm
- cassavaStarchy tropical root vegetable
- parsnipPale edible taproot
- sweet potatoOrange-fleshed edible tuber
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- useful plantsfood plants, medicinal plants, fruit trees, nut trees, herb gardens
- vegetable gardeningtomatoes, carrots, lettuce, peppers, cucumbers
- tropical plantshibiscus, bougainvillea, frangipani, mahogany, palm trees
- rootstaproot, prop roots, aerial roots, rootlet, radicle
- crop diversitycultivars, landraces, heirloom varieties, ancient grains, traditional crops
- mixed farminglivestock, dairy cattle, poultry, sheep, pigs
plant part harvested
root cropsleafy greens
Edible plant foliage
leaf vegetables · seed crops · legumes · nuts · brassicas