"breadroot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: breadroots [plural]
Etymology: bread + root Etymology templates: {{com|en|bread|root}} bread + root Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} breadroot (countable and uncountable, plural breadroots)
  1. The edible root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Legumes Synonyms: prairie apple, scurfy pea, pomme blanche, bread-root Derived forms: breadroot scurfpea
    Sense id: en-breadroot-en-noun-yhehDkFU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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