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noun
Valeriana edulis, or the large, internally bright yellow, edible root of this plant, which tastes and smells like tobacco until cooked, when it becomes sweet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
Qualifier: Great Basin and Northwestern dialects
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Shoshone kuya (“tobacco root, Valeriana edulis”).
