芋類(いもるい)

いもるい
noun
tubers; potato-family starches
1. tubers and root starches; the potato family of foods
The food category that groups starchy tubers and roots together, including {じゃがいも} (potato), {さつまいも} (sweet potato), {さといも} (taro), and {やまいも} (yam).
芋類(いもるい)は炭水化物(たんすいかぶつ)が多(おお)い。
Tubers are high in carbohydrates.
芋類(いもるい)には食物繊維(しょくもつせんい)が豊富(ほうふ)に含(ふく)まれている。
Tubers contain plenty of dietary fiber.
芋類(いもるい)は種類(しゅるい)によって調理(ちょうり)の仕方(しかた)が大(おお)きく変(か)わる。
How you cook tubers varies greatly depending on the type.

Formed from 芋(いも) (tuber, potato) + 類(るい) (category, kind). A collective term used in nutrition and cooking to group starchy roots.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 芋類(いもるい)を食(た)べる: to eat tubers
  • 芋類(いもるい)中心(ちゅうしん)の食事(しょくじ): a tuber-centered diet
  • 根菜類(こんさいるい)と芋類(いもるい): root vegetables and tubers
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