Sentences with phrase «as tuberous roots»

They are called root vegetables for lack of a better generic term, but include both true roots such as tuberous roots and taproots, as well as non-roots such as tubers, rhizomes, corms, and bulbs.

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While more herbaceous plants die back, drawing any energy from softer tissues above ground into their roots, only to re-sprout in the spring (such as bulbs and tuberous plants).

The Zingiberaceae family includes flowering plants, mostly aromatic perennial herbs, such as turmeric, ginger, and cardamom, which have tuberous rhizomes (underground stems with roots and nodes) that are often used to color condiments, used as a spice in South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking, used in textile dyes, used in religious ceremonies, or used medicinally.

Climbing lily, commonly known as gloriosa, is a rooted, tuberous plant within the family Colchicaceae.