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  2. Root vegetable - Wikipedia

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    Root vegetables are underground plant parts eaten by humans or animals as food. In agricultural and culinary terminology, the term applies to true roots such as taproots and tuberous roots as well as non-roots such as bulbs , corms , rhizomes , and stem tubers .

  3. Category:Root vegetables - Wikipedia

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    Root vegetables are underground plant parts used as vegetables. They are called root vegetables for lack of a better generic term, but include both true roots such as tuberous roots and taproots , as well as non-roots such as tubers , rhizomes , corms , bulbs , and hypocotyls .

  4. Category:Root vegetable dishes - Wikipedia

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    Dishes consisting of root vegetables. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. C. Carrot dishes (23 P) G. Garlic dishes (37 P) L.

  5. Sugar beet - Wikipedia

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    The root of the beet contains 75% water, about 20% [7] sugar, and 5% pulp. [9] The exact sugar content can vary between 12% and 21%, depending on the cultivar and growing conditions. Sugar is the primary value of sugar beet as a cash crop .

  6. Carrot - Wikipedia

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    The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, typically orange in colour, though heirloom variants including purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, Daucus carota, native to Europe and Southwestern Asia.

  7. Sium sisarum - Wikipedia

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    Sium sisarum, commonly known as skirret, [1] is a perennial plant of the family Apiaceae sometimes grown as a root vegetable. The English name skirret is derived from the Middle English 'skirwhit' or 'skirwort', meaning 'white root'. In Scotland it is known as crummock and in Irish cearrachán.

  8. Parsnip - Wikipedia

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    The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable closely related to carrot and parsley, all belonging to the flowering plant family Apiaceae. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual. Its long taproot has cream-colored skin and flesh, and, left in the ground to mature, becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts.

  9. Vegetable - Wikipedia

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    Vegetables in a market in the Philippines Vegetables for sale in a market in France. Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food.The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, and seeds.