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a crop, as beets, turnips, or sweet potatoes, grown for its large and edible undergound parts.[1825-35]
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root|crop — root crop, or root|crop «ROOT KROP, RUT », noun. a crop of sweet potatoes, turnips, beets, or the like, grown for their edible roots … Useful english dictionary
root crop — root ,crop noun count a crop that is grown so that its roots can be used for food, for example CARROTS … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
root crop — root′ crop n. agr. a crop, as beets, grown for its roots … From formal English to slang
root crop — n. a crop, as turnips or beets, grown for the edible roots … English World dictionary
root crop — n a vegetable or plant that is grown so that its roots can be sold … Dictionary of contemporary English
root crop — noun crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips • Hypernyms: ↑crop * * * noun : a crop grown for its enlarged roots (as turnips, mangels, sugar beets, sweet potatoes) * * * a crop, as beets, turnips, or sweet potatoes, grown … Useful english dictionary
root crop — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms root crop : singular root crop plural root crops a crop that is grown so that its roots can be used for food, for example carrots … English dictionary
root crop — noun Date: 1834 a crop (as turnips) grown for its enlarged roots … New Collegiate Dictionary
root crop — /ˈrut krɒp/ (say rooht krop) noun a crop such as beets, carrots, turnips, etc., grown for its edible roots …
root crop — noun (C) a vegetable or plant that is grown so that its root parts can be used … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
