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• root vegetables — корнеплоды root vegetables cutter машина для резки корнеплодов …   English-Russian travelling dictionary

• List of root vegetables — Carrot roots Root vegetables are plant roots used as vegetables. Here root means any underground part of a plant.[1] Root vegetables are generally storage organs, enlarged to store energy in the form of carbohydrates.[ …   Wikipedia

• Root vegetable — Root vegetables are plant roots used as vegetables. [cite web url=http://www.askoxford.com/concise oed/root 1?view=uk title=AskOxford.com accessdate=2007 05 06] Other underground plants are often, erroneously, called root vegetables. Root… …   Wikipedia

• vegetables — n. 1) to grow vegetables 2) green; leafy; root vegetables 3) garden vegetables 4) cooked; raw; steamed; stir fried vegetables * * * leafy raw root vegetables steamed stir fried vegetables cooked garden vegetables …   Combinatory dictionary

• root — [[t]ru͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ roots, rooting, rooted 1) N COUNT: usu pl The roots of a plant are the parts of it that grow under the ground. ...the twisted roots of an apple tree. 2) V ERG If you root a plant or cutting or if it roots, roots form on the… …   English dictionary

• root —    1. a penis    The source of procreation or the shape of root vegetables:     ... a thicket of curling hair that spread from the root all around thighs and navel. (Cleland, 1749)    See also man root.    2. (about)    to copulate    With… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• root cellar — noun an excavation where root vegetables are stored (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑cellar • Hypernyms: ↑excavation, ↑storage space * * * noun, pl ⋯ lars [count] chiefly US : a room or large hole in the ground where vegetables (such as potatoes and carrots)… …   Useful english dictionary

• root vegetable — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms root vegetable : singular root vegetable plural root vegetables a vegetable such as a carrot whose root is the part that is eaten …   English dictionary

• root-knot — rootˈ knot noun An enlargement of a root caused by a nematode • • • Main Entry: ↑root * * * n. a disease of cultivated flowers and vegetables caused by eelworm infestation, resulting in galls on the roots. ● The eelworms belong to the genus… …   Useful english dictionary

• root cellar — root′ cel lar n. a cellar, often underground and usu. covered with dirt, where root crops and other vegetables are stored • Etymology: 1815–25 …   From formal English to slang

• root cellar — n. an underground storage room for vegetables, esp. root crops …   English World dictionary