root vegetable

American  

[root vej-tuh-buhl] / ˈrut ˈvɛdʒ tə bəl /

noun

root vegetables plural

1. a vegetable whose edible part is grown underground.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• root vegetables
  plural

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root vegetable

Created by the L.A.-based multimedia collective Everything Is Terrible, WoWoW is alternately described as a “cosmic entity” and a “cartoony, root vegetable floating alien god.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

The sculpture of a "sweet potato island", by Veronica Ryan, represents how the humble root vegetable, which originated in Peru, has travelled the world, thereby reflecting the international conversations that happen in the square.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2024

You could make that with any root vegetable.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2023

A quick run-down: I adore sunchokes but they're notoriously difficult to find at most stores, so if you need to sub. this out for anything, I'd opt for any other root vegetable.

From Salon ● May 14, 2023

Exactly what I’d wear to the studio if I weren’t bound to the root vegetable look.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson