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groente

Definitions of groente
  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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    konijnenvoer, konijnevoer
    an uncooked vegetable
    peulvrucht
    the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
    bladgroente, groen, milieupartij, sinopel, vegetabiliën
    any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
    wortelgewas
    any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers
    rabarber, rabarbermoes
    long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
    squash
    edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
    komkommer, komkommervrucht
    cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
    artisjok
    a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
    asperge
    edible young shoots of the asparagus plant
    bamboespruit
    edible young shoots of bamboo
    uienplant, uieplant
    an aromatic flavorful vegetable
    prei
    related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
    bladselderij, bleekselderij, selder, selderie, selderij
    stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
    pompoen
    usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
    weegbree
    starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
    venkel
    aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
    peul, peultje, puls
    edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)
    aardappel, pieper
    an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
    yam, yamswortel
    edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food
    aubergine
    egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
    mosterd
    leaves eaten as cooked greens
    kool, kooltje
    any of various types of cabbage
    broccoli
    branched green undeveloped flower heads
    bloemkool
    compact head of white undeveloped flowers
    spruitkool
    the small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant
    aardpeer, topinamboer
    sunflower tuber eaten raw or boiled or sliced thin and fried as Saratoga chips
    beet, biet, bietekroot, bietenkroot, kroot
    round red root vegetable
    snijbiet
    long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
    paprika
    sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
    boon
    any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
    linze
    round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food
    erwt
    seed of a pea plant used for food
    kouseband, kousenband
    eaten fresh as shell beans or dried
    knolselder, knolselderie, knolselderij, raapselderie, raapselderij, selder, selderie, selderieknol, selderij, selderijknol
    thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant
    knolraap, koolraap, koolrabi, raapknol
    fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant
    tomaat
    mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
    schorseneel, schorseneer
    either of two long roots eaten cooked
    pastinaak
    whitish edible root; eaten cooked
    radijs
    pungent fleshy edible root
    raap, val
    root of any of several members of the mustard family
    raapstelen
    tender leaves of young white turnips
    spinazie
    dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
    Edda
    tropical starchy tuberous root
    type of:
    landbouwgewas, landbouwproduct, landbouwproducten, landbouwprodukt, landbouwprodukten, veldgewas
    fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
  2. noun
    any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
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    types:
    snijbiet
    long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
    raapstelen
    tender leaves of young white turnips
    spinazie
    dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
    sla
    leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa
    lof, witlof
    crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste
    krulandijvie, lof, witlof
    variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
    kers, sterkers, sterrekers, sterrenkers, tuinkers
    pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
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