My initial impression was that {‘oQqar} was a food item only, but on re-reading KGT I’ve reconsidered: (KGT 88f.): Let us turn, appropriately briefly, from fauna to flora. Any part of any plant that is eaten may be termed {naH}, usually translated "fruit" or "vegetable." Any nut (a fruit with a hard shell) is called a {naHlet} (literally, "hard fruit"), a thistle (a flower with dangerously sharp leaves) is a {naHjej} (literally, "sharp fruit"), a bean (which, in this case, may mean the pod or the seed or seeds in it or both) is a {qurgh}, and a root or tuber is a {'oQqar}. Otherwise there are no known generic names for different types of {naH} (though there are terms for specific plants and parts of a plant). A plant's sap or juice is called {vIychorgh}. The outer covering of a fruit or vegetable ({yub}, "husk, rind, peel") is always consumed, except in the case of the {naHlet yub} ("nut shell"). So {‘oQar} seems to be the general word for root or tuber, some of which are edible: 'anyan 'oQqar onion (TNK) qe'rot 'oQqar carrot (TNK) patat 'oQqarmey potatoes (TNK) gharlIq 'oQqar garlic (TNK) … just as other parts of plants can be edible or used in cooking: (KGT 94): Experienced cooks will {mIQ} (fry) the {DIghna' por} (*digna* leaf), though this is risky, since if the leaf is heated for too long, it will wilt. (KGT 95): As already pointed out, any drink made of the liquid that circulates through any part of a plant is {vIychorgh} (juice). (KGT 96): If plants or animal parts are dried and, if necessary, chopped up before being steeped in boiling water to produce {Dargh} [tea], this preparation is called {Qenvob}. Often, however, there is no {Qenvob}; the tea is made by simply picking thorns, leaves, petals, or seeds off of a plant and immediately immersing them in the water. So the list of plant parts seems to be: bartIq branch (of tree) ghub bud naH fruit, vegetable por leaf (of plant) Qechjem stem, stalk Qechjem’a’ trunk (of tree) Qenmo' pulp (of a plant) raS'IS seed SanmIr spore Suntay' pollen vIychorgh juice, sap of a plant ‘InSong flower ‘oQqar root, tuber ‘uma petal Have I missed any? -- Voragh From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> On Behalf Of nIqolay Q On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 10:42 AM mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com<mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com>> wrote: Since {'oQqar} means "root, tuber", does anyone have any ideas on how to express "root of a tree" ? qatlh <Sor 'oQqar> Dalo'be'? Or perhaps Sor 'oQqar'a', by analogy with Qechjem/Qechjem'a'.