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SAGO |
Root food |
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TARO |
Root food |
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YAMS |
Root food |
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CELERIAC |
Turnip-rooted celery, a from of celery with a large
globular root, which is used for food. |
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POI |
A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding
the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is
allowed to ferment. |
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BREADROOT |
The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta),
found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds
in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food. |
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ONION |
... having a
strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root,
much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to ot... |
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SECHIUM |
...edule) of
the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long,
and contains a single large seed. The root of the plant resembl... |
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SUGAR |
...rtain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet
root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many
kinds of food and drink. Ord... |
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SUCROSE |
...many
plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is
extracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuable ... |