Crossword clues for breadroot
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Breadroot \Bread`root"\, n. (Bot.) 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.
Note: It is the Pomme blanche of Canadian voyageurs.
Wiktionary
n. The edible root of a leguminous plant (''Psoralea esculenta'').
WordNet
n. densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots [syn: Indian breadroot, pomme blanche, pomme de prairie, Psoralea esculenta]
Usage examples of "breadroot".
Heaps of wild yams, white starchy breadroots, and potatolike groundnuts boiled gently in skin pots slung over fires.
While walking through the trees at the far end, I killed a sage hen and made a thick broth, using wild onions, breadroot, and the bulbs of the sego lily.