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bread•root
(bred′ro̅o̅t′, -rŏŏt′),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologythe edible starchy root of Psoralea esculenta, a leguminous plant of central North America. Also called Indian breadroot, pomme blanche, prairie turnip.
- bread + root1 1820–30, American.
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