Definition of Root vegetable

1. Noun. Any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers.


Definition of Root vegetable

1. Noun. The root of a plant used as an edible vegetable, such as the carrot, potato, or onion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Root Vegetable

root of tooth
root out
root planing
root position
root positions
root pressure
root resorption
root rot
root rots
root sheath
root sprout
root system
root up
root vegetable
root vegetables
root vole
root voles
root word
root words
rootage
rootages
rootball
rootbeer
rootbeers
rootbound
rootcap

Literary usage of Root vegetable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"This has been in cultivation since before the Christian Era, and has been developed as a root- vegetable, leaf vegetable, and as a foliage plant. ..."

2. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"Native to the Mediterranean region and cultivated from Roman times, this species has been developed along three lines—as a root-vegetable, a leaf-vegetable, ..."

3. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"The root-vegetable varieties cultivated in our gardens constitute our table Beets. Their color and form vary from dark blood- red to pink and white and from ..."

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