| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
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| glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas |
coral necklace
,
Illecebrum verticullatum
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| biennial or perennial herbs of the northern hemisphere; have a taproot |
genus Angelica
|
| parsley with smooth leaves and enlarged edible taproot resembling a savory parsnip |
Hamburg parsley
,
Petroselinum crispum tuberosum
,
turnip-rooted parsley
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| curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700- |
welwitschia
,
Welwitschia mirabilis
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