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Root vegetable
Plant root used as a vegetable / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Root vegetables are underground plant parts eaten by humans 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.[1]
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