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Word: Breadroot
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century
Definition:
Any of several North American leguminous plants of the genera Pediomelum and Psoralea which typically have edible tubers or bulbs traditionally used as a source of food by some North American Indian peoples (especially Plains Indians); specifically the prairie turnip, Psoralea esculenta.
