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Grünzeug

Definitions of Grünzeug
  1. noun
    fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
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    types:
    Frucht, Obst
    edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
    Gemüse
    edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
    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
    Apfel
    fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
    Beere, Beerenobst
    any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
    Zitrusfrucht
    any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
    Aprikose, Marille
    downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach
    Pfirsich
    downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
    Pflaume, Zwetschge
    any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
    Trockenobst
    fruit preserved by drying
    Feige
    fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
    Ananas
    large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
    Banane
    elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
    Maracuja, Passionsfrucht
    egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks
    Melone
    any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh
    Kirsche
    a red fruit with a single hard stone
    Traube, Weintraube
    any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
    Papaya
    large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh
    Kiwi
    fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
    Mango, Mangopflaume
    large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed
    Avocado
    a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
    Dattel
    sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
    Bärentraube, Holunderbeere
    berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies
    Guava, Guave
    tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies
    Litchi, Litschi, Litschipflaume
    Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
    Birne
    sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
    Quitte
    aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves
    Fenchel, Fenchelgemüse
    aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
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