However, in horticulture, there is no shortage of confusing terms. Specifics like bulb, corm, tuber, tuberous root, rhizome and taproot can be especially confusing, even for green-thumbed experts.

Root vegetables (and tubers and rhizomes) are great additions to any garden. Most are easy enough to grow and different types ...

More "obscure" root vegetables are not so easy to recognize, though, and some of them look a lot alike — you know, all those unlabeled brown tubers and knobby spheres in a separate case in the ...

7 Best Root Vegetables You Aren't Cooking (Yet!) Yahoo Food. Updated Mon, December 9, ... Often sold under the name sunchoke, this North American tuber is related to the sunflower.

Sweet potatoes are a tuberous root vegetable with a sweet taste. (iStock) Already regularly eating this nutrient-dense and fiber-filled tuber? Keep it up.

Root vegetables are imperfectly shaped, often with knobs and gnarly roots attached. Some, like carrots, ... This tuberous root vegetable benefits from a little cooler weather.

Root vegetables are the edible portion of plants that grow underground and store nutrients for the above-ground part of vegetable plants. As described on the U.S. Forest Service website titled ...

While potatoes are not a true root vegetable — their tubers are actually part of an underground stem — they, too, can be planted now. Buy only seed potatoes that are certified disease-free.

Every week we get Down & Dirty, in which we break down our favorite unique seasonal fruits, vegetables, and more. Today: Get to know a tropical tuber you might have been missing out on.

When it comes to preparing vegetables in the oven, roasting and broiling are two popular options to tenderize and bring out ...

Beneath their homely exteriors, celery root, Jerusalem artichokes, jicama and other tubers and roots have a lot to offer ? adding flavor, color and texture to the winter pot. And now these gnarly ...