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Starchy Roots Crossword Clue

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noun

• Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.

• Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.

• Food from a taro plant.

35%6Starchy substance found in some plant roots
noun

• used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function

31%10 Vegetables cultivated for their starchy roots
noun

• densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots

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New York Times27 Feb 1983 Across 98
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