Root for the cook Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. round red root vegetable
2. biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

COOK (verb)
1. tamper, with the purpose of deception
2. prepare for eating by applying heat
COOK (noun)
1. English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
2. someone who cooks food
ROOT (noun)
1. a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
ROOT (verb)
1. become settled or established and stable in one’s residence or life style
2. dig with the snout

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