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indian breadroot

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bread⋅root

  [bred-root, -root]
–noun
the edible starchy root of Psoralea esculenta, a leguminous plant of central North America.
Also called Indian breadroot, pomme blanche, prairie potato, prairie turnip.

Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; bread + root 1
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indian breadroot

noun
densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots [syn: breadroot] 
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