ROOT CROP Definition & Meaning

root crop

noun

a crop, as beets, turnips, or sweet potatoes, grown for its large and edible undergound parts.

root crop

noun

a crop, as of turnips or beets, cultivated for the food value of its roots

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Origin of root crop¹

First recorded in 1825–35

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"We've had a particularly wet spring so planting was difficult for any root crops, and then the autumn when crops are lifted and harvested, that was also very difficult," she says.

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The IPCC's inventory method includes nitrous oxide from crop residues such as annual cereal and seed crops, root crops, vegetables, fodder crops and grassland renewal.

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There are root crops like beets, carrots, celery root, and the parsnip-like skirret.

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Similarly, root crops can have widely varying storage lives.

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A wide range of alliums, leafy greens, brassicas and root crops grow well here.

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