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root crop
noun
a crop, as beets, turnips, or sweet potatoes, grown for its large and edible undergound parts.
root crop
noun
a crop, as of turnips or beets, cultivated for the food value of its roots
Word History and Origins
Origin of root crop1
Example Sentences
"We've had a particularly wet spring so planting was difficult for any root crops, and then the autumn when crops are lifted and harvested, that was also very difficult," she says.
The IPCC's inventory method includes nitrous oxide from crop residues such as annual cereal and seed crops, root crops, vegetables, fodder crops and grassland renewal.
There are root crops like beets, carrots, celery root, and the parsnip-like skirret.
Similarly, root crops can have widely varying storage lives.
A wide range of alliums, leafy greens, brassicas and root crops grow well here.
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