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ortaggio

Definitions of ortaggio
  1. noun
    fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
    synonyms: verdura
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    types:
    frutto
    edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
    verdura
    edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
    mangiatore
    any green goods that are good to eat
    ramarro
    any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
    cetriolo
    cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
    porro
    related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
    zucca
    usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
    mela, pomo
    fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
    bacca, coccola
    any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
    agrume
    any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
    albicocca
    downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach
    pesca
    downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
    prugna, susina
    any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
    fico
    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
    banana
    elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
    granadiglia, maracuja
    egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks
    ciliegia
    a red fruit with a single hard stone
    uva, vendemmia
    any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
    papaia
    large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh
    kiwi
    fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
    mango
    large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed
    tamarindo
    large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
    avocado
    a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
    dattero
    sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
    giuggiola
    dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
    licci, litchi
    Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
    nespola
    crabapple-like fruit used for preserves
    pera
    sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
    granata, melagrana
    large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind
    fico d'India, ficodindia
    round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti
    cotogna, cotognata
    aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves
  2. noun
    edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
    synonyms: verdura
    see moresee less
    types:
    ramarro
    any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
    cetriolo
    cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
    porro
    related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
    zucca
    usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
    patata, pelapatate, schiacciapatate
    an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
    melanzana
    egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
    broccolo
    branched green undeveloped flower heads
    cavolfiore
    compact head of white undeveloped flowers
    bieta, bietola
    round red root vegetable
    bieta, bietola
    long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
    peperone
    sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
    fagiolo
    any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
    lente, lenticchia
    round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food
    cece
    large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried
    pomodoro
    mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
    type of:
    verdura
    fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
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