Definitions of greens
noun
any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
synonyms:
green , leafy vegetable
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chop-suey greens
succulent and aromatic young dark green leaves used in Chinese and Vietnamese and Japanese cooking
sprout
a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
beet green
young leaves of the beetroot
Swiss chard , chard , leaf beet , spinach beet
long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
salad green , salad greens
greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads
dandelion green
edible leaves of the common dandelion collected from the wild; used in salads and in making wine
lamb's-quarter , pigweed , wild spinach
leaves collected from the wild
wild spinach
leafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute for spinach
turnip greens
tender leaves of young white turnips
common sorrel , sorrel
large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
French sorrel
greens having small tart oval to pointed leaves; preferred to common sorrel for salads
spinach
dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
bean sprout
any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans
alfalfa sprout
sprouted alfalfa seeds
lettuce
leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa
celtuce
leaves having celery-like stems eaten raw or cooked
chicory , curly endive
crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste
chicory escarole , endive , escarole
variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
cress
pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
salad burnet
leaves sometimes used for salad
type of:
veg , vegetable , veggie
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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