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Definition of Root vegetable
1. Noun. Any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers.
Specialized synonyms: Irish Potato, Murphy, Potato, Spud, Tater, White Potato, Yam, Sweet Potato, Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunchoke, Beet, Beetroot, Carrot, Celeriac, Celery Root, Salsify, Parsnip, Radish, Turnip, Cocoyam, Dasheen, Edda, Taro, Taro Root
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
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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