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root vegetable
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plant root used as a vegetable
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Encyclopedic overview
Carrot roots come in various shapes and colorsRoot vegetables are underground plant parts eaten by humans and other animals as food. In agricultural and culinary terminology, the term applies to true roots, such as taproots and root tubers, as well as non-roots such as bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and stem tubers.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “root vegetable” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.