root vegetable

noun

: a vegetable (such as a carrot or potato) that grows under the ground

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Who would have thought that a humble root vegetable would be at the cutting edge of food technology and agri-tech? Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024 That said, this root vegetable doesn't come without potential adverse effects. Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Ld, Health, 9 Sep. 2024 Celeriac Celeriac is a root vegetable that belongs to the same plant family as celery and parsley. Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Oct. 2024 Some dishes she's created include in La Première: Lobster, pico de gallo and tea sauce or root vegetable mille-feuille with truffle sauce, and in Business, Californian charbonnier with quinoa and marinière sauce or open raviole, courgette and tomato, hazelnut and parmesan sauce. Aly Walansky, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for root vegetable 

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“Root vegetable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/root%20vegetable. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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