steckling
noun
steck·ling
ˈstekliŋ,
-lēŋ
plural -s
: a small late-planted plant of a biennial root crop (such as beet or carrot) that is usually dug and stored over winter and replanted the next season for seed production
Word History
Etymology
German, from stecken to stick, insert (from Old High German stecchen) + -ling