Friday, June 5, 2009

Vegetables - Tubers & Corms

Tubers and corms are swollen underground plant stems, belonging to the family of potato-like vegetables.
  • Arracacha / Apio
  • Arrowhead / Arrowroot / Chinese potato / Chinese arrowhead / Chinese turnip / Jicama / Yam bean / Mexican yam bean / Mexican potato / Ahipa / Saa got / Goo / Seegoo / Tse goo / Ci gu / Tsu goo
  • Bitter casava
  • Brazilian arrowroot / Cassava / Sweet Casava / Manioc / Mandioca / Tapioca / Yucca
  • Chinese artichoke / Crosne / Japanese artichoke / Chorogi
  • Chinese water chestnut
  • Coco
  • Eddo
  • Girasole
  • Japanese artichoke
  • Jerusalem artichoke / Sunchoke / Sunroot / Topinambour / Girasole
  • Lliy root
  • Ling gaw
  • Malanga / Tanier / Tannier / Tannia / Yautia
  • Potatoes
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Taro / Taro root / Dasheen / Coco / Cocoyam / Eddo / Japanese potato / Baddo / Elephant's ear / Old cocoyam / Sato-imo
  • Water chestnut / Chinese water chestnut
  • Water lily root
  • Yam
Sweet potatoes
  • Tropical sweet potato / Boniato / Cuban sweet potato / White sweet potato / White-fleshed sweet potato / Batiste / Batata / Batata dulce / Camote
  • Sweet potato
  • Yacon
Yams
  • Japanese yam / Satsuma imo / Kotobuki / Japanese sweet potato
  • Okinawan purple potato / Okinawan yam
  • Tropical yam / True yam / Greater yam / Cush-cush / Mapuey / Yampi / Namé, Name (Pronunciation: nah-MAY) / Nyami / Igname
  • Yam (moist-fleshed sweet potato) ; American yam varieties - Garnet yam & Jewel yam
  • Yamaimo / Japanese mountain yam

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