root vegetable
Americannoun
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root vegetables
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A large root vegetable related to beetroot, sugar beet and chard.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
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
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