Was Bananas - now geophyte definition
The Silent Seed (Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:45:53 PST)

Beans ?
Never seen anything other than wiry, stringy roots on those. Potatoes aren't listed either.
After reading this, and the other couple of messages, I find myself confused about what could be, and what is, included in the geophyte definition of our group.

In message <8CE7D90677A319A-C78-A043@webmail-d171.sysops.aol.com>, The
Silent Seed <santoury@aol.com> writes

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

"This page lists bulbous or geophytic genera or species whose parts are
used as food or in cooking, or as a culinary or medicinal herb or
spice."

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