root crop
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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
n
(Agriculture) a crop, as of turnips or beets, cultivated for the food value of its roots
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root′ crop`
n.
a crop, as beets, grown for its roots.
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root crop
A vegetable, such as beetroot, carrot, parsnip and potato, that is grown for its edible roots.
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| Noun | 1. |  root crop - crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnipscrop - a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale |
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Translations
مَحاصيل من الجُذور
kořenová zelenina
rodfrugt
gumós növények
rótarávöxtur
koreňová zelenina
kök sebze
root1
(ruːt) noun1. the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil. Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.
2. the base of something growing in the body. the roots of one's hair/teeth.
3. cause; origin. Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.
4. (in plural) family origins. Our roots are in Scotland.
verb to (make something) grow roots. These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.
root beer a kind of non-alcoholic drink made from the roots of certain plants.
root crop plants with roots that are grown for food. The farm has three fields of root crops.
root out1. to pull up or tear out by the roots. The gardener began to root out the weeds.
2. to get rid of completely. We must do our best to root out poverty.
take root to grow firmly; to become established. The plants soon took root.
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