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When root vegetables get old and tough and are not good to eat, you say they are ________.

PETHY 305
WOODY 238
PITHY 207
TOUGH 76
STRINGY 41
DRIED UP 26
WITHERED 25
STRONG 20
SPOILED 19
ROTTEN 17
SHRIVELED 13
TOO OLD 13
NO GOOD 12
GONE BY 11
STALE 11
WILTED 7
DRIED OUT 6
OLD 6
TOO TOUGH 6
DRY 4
GONE TO SEED 4
HARD 4
OVERRIPE 4
PULPY 4
RUBBERY 4
CORKY 3
DRIED 3
LEATHERY 3
SHRIVELED UP 3
SPONGY 3
SWIVELED 3
TOO TOUGH TO EAT 3
COARSE 2
GARBAGE 2
GOING TO SEED 2
NOT GOOD 2
OLD AND TOUGH 2
SPOILT 2
SPROUTING 2
TOO HARD 2
WIZENED UP 2
WIZZLED 2
BEEN ON HAND TOO LONG 1
CAWKY 1
CHAFFY 1
CODDLED 1
CONKY 1
CORK 1
COW FEED 1
DECAYED 1
DETERIORATED 1
DISPOSABLE 1
DORMANT 1
DUE FOR THE GARBAGE 1
FIBROUS 1
FIT 1
FLAT 1
FOZY 1
GETTING BAD 1
GONE BAD 1
GONE PAST 1
GONE TO SEA 1
GOOD FOR THE STOCK 1
HOG FEED 1
HOLLOW 1
HOLZIG 1
HOT 1
LOADED UP 1
MEALY 1
MOLDY 1
NOT FITTIN’ TO EAT 1
OUT DONE 1
OVERGROWN 1
PAST BY 1
PAST THEIR GOODNESS 1
PEPPERY 1
PETHIFIED 1
PIG FEED 1
PITHISH 1
PITTY 1
PLUFFY 1
POOR 1
PUFFY 1
RANK 1
ROTTED 1
ROTTING 1
RUINED 1
RUINT 1
SAPPY 1
SEEDY 1
SHUCKY 1
SOGGY 1
SPOILING 1
SQUIZZLED UP 1
SWELLED 1
SWIVEL UP 1
TASTELESS 1
THEY HAVE A CORE 1
THROW-OUTS 1
TOO FAR GONE 1
TOO OLD TO EAT 1
TOO RIPE 1
TOO STRONG 1
TOUGH AND PITHY 1
TOUGH AND STRINGY 1
TOUGH AS LEATHER 1
TOUGH AS NAILS 1
TOUGHY 1
WEARY 1
WILTED UP 1
WILTERED 1
WITHERY 1
WOOD 1
WOODY-LIKE 1
WRINKLED 1

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