Roots {cassava, root crop} can make tapioca.
Root vegetables {root vegetable} include jicama in Mesoamerica, manioc or cassava in Andes and Amazon, sweet potato in Andes and Amazon, potato in Andes and Amazon, oca in Andes and Amazon, African yam in Sahel, Jerusalem artichoke in east USA, yam in New Guinea, and taro in New Guinea.
Starchy roots {taro} (Araceae) can be edible.
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