root crop

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   crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips

   Broadercrop

Questions about root crop

What does root crop mean?

root crop means "crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips".

Is root crop a common word?

root crop is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.