breadroot

bread·root

B0464700 (brĕd′ro͞ot′, -ro͝ot′)n. Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Pediomelum in the pea family, especially P. esculentum (syn. Psoralea esculenta) of central North America, having a tuberous, starchy root that was an important food for many Native Americans.

breadroot

(ˈbrɛdˌruːt) n (Plants) a leguminous plant, Psoralea esculenta, of central North America, having an edible starchy root. Also called: prairie turnip

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(ˈbrɛdˌrut, -ˌrʊt)

n. the edible root of Psoralea esculenta, of the legume family, native to central America. [1820–30, Amer.]

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breadroot - densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous rootsIndian breadroot, pomme blanche, pomme de prairie, Psoralea esculentaherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Psoralea, Psoralea - widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers

breadroot

Indian breadroot,

perennial plant (Psoralea esculenta) of the family Leguminosae (pulsepulse,
in botany, common name for members of the Fabaceae (Leguminosae), a large plant family, called also the pea, or legume, family. Numbering about 650 genera and 17,000 species, the family is third largest, after the asters and the orchids.
..... Click the link for more information. family), indigenous to the American prairies and valued by Native Americans for the starchy tuberous root that was much used for food, eaten raw or roasted or dried for winter use. The breadroot has bluish pealike blossoms and in general resembles the lupine. The plant was the prairie turnip or pomme de prairie of Western pioneers. Other species of Psoralea have also supplied food. Breadroot is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.

breadroot

bread·root

breadroot

bread•root

breadroot

breadroot

Indian breadroot,

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noun densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots

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