root vegetable

noun

A vegetable whose edible part is the root, such as the carrot, potato, or onion.

Meanings

nounroot vegetable (plural root vegetables)

plural root vegetables

  1. A vegetable whose edible part is the root, such as the carrot, potato, or onion.

Translations

Bulgarian коренопло́д
  • коренопло́д (korenoplód)edible root
Chinese Mandarin 塊根植物 /块根植物
  • 塊根植物 /块根植物 (kuàigēn zhíwù)edible root
Danish rodfrugt
  • rodfrugtedible root
Dutch wortelgroente, wortelgewas
  • wortelgroenteedible root
  • wortelgewasedible root
  • knolgewasedible root
Estonian juurvili
  • juurviliedible root
Finnish juures
  • juuresedible root
French légume-racine
  • légume-racineedible root
German Wurzelgemüse
  • Wurzelgemüseedible root
Hindi कंद
  • कंद (kand)edible root
Hungarian gyökérzöldség
  • gyökérzöldségedible root
Irish meacan
  • meacanedible root
Japanese 根菜
  • 根菜 (konsai)edible root
Korean 뿌리채소, 근채
  • 뿌리채소 (ppurichaeso)edible root
  • 근채 (geunchae)edible root
Māori huaone
  • huaoneedible root
Norwegian Bokmål rotfrukt
  • rotfruktedible root
Polish warzywo korzeniowe
  • warzywo korzenioweedible root
Romanian rădăcinoasă
  • rădăcinoasăedible root
Russian корнепло́д
  • корнепло́д (korneplód)edible root
Scottish Gaelic meacan
  • meacanedible root
Spanish vianda, vívere
  • viandaedible root
  • vívereedible root
Swedish rotfrukt, rotsak
  • rotfruktedible root
  • rotsakedible root
Turkish kök sebze
  • kök sebzeedible root
Ukrainian коренеплі́д
  • коренеплі́д (koreneplíd)edible root
Cite this entry
APA

root vegetable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/root%20vegetable

MLA

“root vegetable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/root%20vegetable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “root vegetable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/root%20vegetable.

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