root crop

noun

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

• Hypernyms: ↑crop

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noun

: a crop grown for its enlarged roots (as turnips, mangels, sugar beets, sweet potatoes)

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

[1825-35]

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root crop noun

A crop of esculent roots

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Main Entry: ↑root

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root crop UK US noun [countable] [singular root crop plural root crops]

a crop that is grown so that its roots can be used for food, for example carrots

Thesaurus: crop farming_hyponym

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root crop, or root|crop «ROOT _KROP, RUT-», noun.

a crop of sweet potatoes, turnips, beets, or the like, grown for their edible roots.

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n. a crop that is a root vegetable or other root, e.g., sugar beet

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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root|crop — root crop, or root|crop «ROOT KROP, RUT », noun. a crop of sweet potatoes, turnips, beets, or the like, grown for their edible roots … Useful english dictionary
root crop — root ,crop noun count a crop that is grown so that its roots can be used for food, for example CARROTS … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
root crop — root′ crop n. agr. a crop, as beets, grown for its roots … From formal English to slang
root crop — n. a crop, as turnips or beets, grown for the edible roots … English World dictionary
root crop — n a vegetable or plant that is grown so that its roots can be sold … Dictionary of contemporary English
root crop — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms root crop : singular root crop plural root crops a crop that is grown so that its roots can be used for food, for example carrots … English dictionary
root crop — noun Date: 1834 a crop (as turnips) grown for its enlarged roots … New Collegiate Dictionary
root crop — a crop, as beets, turnips, or sweet potatoes, grown for its large and edible undergound parts. [1825 35] * * * … Universalium
root crop — /ˈrut krɒp/ (say rooht krop) noun a crop such as beets, carrots, turnips, etc., grown for its edible roots …
root crop — noun (C) a vegetable or plant that is grown so that its root parts can be used … Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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