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breadroot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun breadroot has 1 sense
- breadroot(n = noun.plant) indian breadroot, pomme blanche, pomme de prairie, psoralea esculenta - densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of genus psoralea, psoralea
CIDE DICTIONARY
breadroot, n.
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. [1913 Webster]
" It is the Pomme blanche of Canadian voyageurs."
[1913 Webster]
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