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root crop

–noun

a crop, as beets, turnips, or sweet potatoes, grown for its large and edible undergound parts.

[Origin: 1825–35

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root crop
n. A crop, as of turnips or yams, grown for its edible roots.

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root crop
noun
crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips

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root crop

plants with roots that are grown for food
Example: The farm has three fields of root crops.

Arabic:	مَحاصيل من الجُذور
Chinese (Simplified):	供食用的块根作物
Chinese (Traditional):	供食用的塊根作物
Czech:	kořenová zelenina
Danish:	rodfrugt
Dutch:	wortelgewas
Estonian:	juurvili
Finnish:	juurikkaat
French:	racines alimentaires
German:	das Wurzelgemüse
Greek:	φυτό για παραγωγή της ρίζας
Hungarian:	gumós (gazdasági) növények
Icelandic:	rótarávöxtur
Indonesian:	tanaman umbi
Italian:	radice commestibile*

Japanese:	根菜類
Latvian:	sakņaugi; saknes
Lithuanian:	šakniavaisis
Norwegian:	rotfrukter
Polish:	okopowe
Portuguese (Brazil):	raiz comestível
Portuguese (Portugal):	plantas de raiz comestível
Romanian:	(plante) rădăcinoase
Russian:	корнеплодная культура
Slovak:	koreňová zelenina
Slovenian:	okopavine
Spanish:	cultivo de raíces
Swedish:	skörd av rotfrukter
Turkish:	kök sebze