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Gemüse

Definitions of Gemüse
  1. noun
    edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
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    types:
    Blattgemüse
    any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
    Wurzelgemüse
    any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers
    Gurke
    cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
    Artischocke
    a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
    Spargel
    edible young shoots of the asparagus plant
    Gemüsezwiebel, Zwiebel
    an aromatic flavorful vegetable
    Lauch, Porree
    related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
    Bleichsellerie, Staudensellerie
    stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
    Champignon
    fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
    Kürbis
    usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
    Fenchel, Fenchelgemüse
    aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
    Hülsenfrucht
    edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)
    Kartoffel
    an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
    Süßkartoffel
    the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States
    Aubergine, Eierfrucht
    egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
    Kohl
    any of various types of cabbage
    Broccoli, Brokkoli
    branched green undeveloped flower heads
    Blumenkohl
    compact head of white undeveloped flowers
    Rosenkohl
    the small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant
    Kohlrabi
    slightly bitter dark green leaves and clustered flower buds
    Cornichon, Essiggurke, Pfeffergurke
    small prickly cucumber
    Sprosse
    a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
    Rote Beete, Rote Bete
    round red root vegetable
    Frühlingszwiebel
    a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
    Blattsalat, Grüner Salat, Salat
    greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads
    Bohne
    any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
    Linse
    round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food
    Kichererbse
    large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried
    Sellerie, Sellerieknolle
    thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant
    Tomate
    mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
    Schwarzwurzel
    either of two long roots eaten cooked
    Radi, Radieschen, Rettich
    pungent fleshy edible root
    Spinat
    dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
    type of:
    Grünzeug
    fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
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