breadroot

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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;

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

is a member of genus psoralea, psoralea

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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]