ROOT VEGETABLE Synonyms

• 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"

• grown for its thickened edible aromatic root

• thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant

• the whitish root of cultivated parsnip

• a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root

• whitish edible root; eaten cooked

• 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

• 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

• the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food

• a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root

• 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

• 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

• widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root

• root of any of several members of the mustard family

• 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

• The edible root of the yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus, used in salads in Central America.

• grown for its thickened edible aromatic root

• thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant