| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| breadroot |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bread·root |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  br d r t , -r t |
| NOUN: | A perennial herb (Psoralea esculenta) in the pea family, native to prairies and plains in central North America, and having a tuberous, starchy root that was an important food for many Native Americans. Also called prairie potato.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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