The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SWEDE
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More clues leading to the result SWEDE
- Vegetable we had planted in southeast
- Linnaeus for one married in southeast
- European root
- Root weeds out
- Tips from mathematicians show square and cube root
- What’s owed reportedly brought up by eastern European
- Root 26 across in the Home Counties
- Countryman to consider keeping wife and daughter apart
- Joined in covers of single, one from ABBA?
- Head for New Zealand with Scandinavian
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The straight part
We know that "root" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case root = swede.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SWEDE mean?
SWEDE noun- The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
- The plant from which this is obtained.
- The turnip.
- The head.
- To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.