The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PARSNIP , but the solution may also be TURNIP which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Root vegetable crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PARSNIP | 26 % | 7 |
| TURNIP | 21 % | 6 |
| BEET | 15 % | 4 |
| TUBER | 12 % | 5 |
| YAM | 12 % | 3 |
| TARO | 6 % | 4 |
| RADISH | 6 % | 6 |
| CARROT | 3 % | 6 |
Why may TURNIP be the right solution?
The answer to "Root vegetable" is "TURNIP" because a turnip is a type of vegetable that grows underground, with the edible part being the root.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Root vegetable
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- root
- radish
- carrot
- beetroot
- turnip
- beet root
- sweet potato
- tomato
- aromatic vegetable
- prairie turnip
- plantain
- vegetable rennet
Crossword Answer definitions
PARSNIP noun- A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.
- The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PARSNIP
- Root vegetable
- Roast vegetable
- Sunday roast veggie
- Carrot's cousin
- Whitish edible root
- Carrotlike vegetable
- Carrot cousin
- Root veggie
- Edible root
- Carrot kin
More clues leading to the result TURNIP
- Winter vegetable
- Rutabaga cousin
- Rutabaga, for example
- White-fleshed root veggie
- Root vegetable
- Mustard family plant
- Rutabaga
- Rutabega, e.g.
- Rutabaga, for one
- Root crop high in vitamin C
More clues leading to the result BEET
- Borscht base
- Paragon of redness
- Sugar source
- Soup veggie
- Tired veggie?
- Borscht veggie
- Exemplar of redness
- Swiss chard, for one
- Mangel-wurzel, e.g.
- Salad ingredient
More clues leading to the result TUBER
- It has eyes but can't see
- Rapids rider
- Jerusalem artichoke, e.g.
- Taro or yam
- Taro or potato
- Edible root
- Potato, for one
- Potato or yam, for example
- Taro, for one
- Potato, e.g.
More clues leading to the result YAM
- Starchy tuber
- Thanksgiving dinner starch
- Sweet potato
- Tasty tuber
- Heroin balloon, in slang
- November sweet
- Fall stew tuber
- Good source of potassium
- Orange tuber
- Root of Thanksgiving
More clues leading to the result TARO
- Starch source
- A chief crop of Fiji
- Poi base
- Poi source
- Edible root
- Source of poi
- Starchy root
- Tropical tuber
- Root for Hawaiians
- Tuber that's toxic when raw
More clues leading to the result RADISH
- Salad slice
- Salad item
- Salad tidbit
- Mustard family member
- Daikon, e.g.
- Pungent salad ingredient
- Salad vegetable
- Daikon, for one
- Salad pepper-upper
- Salad veggie