racine alimentaire

Definitions of racine alimentaire
  1. noun
    crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips
  2. noun
    any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers
    synonyms: légume à racine comestible
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    types:
    betterave
    round red root vegetable
    navet
    root of any of several members of the mustard family
    rutabaga
    the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
    type of:
    légume
    edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
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