Leafy Greens

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  1. spinach
    plant cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
  2. Swiss chard
    beet lacking swollen root
  3. romaine lettuce
    lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves
  4. collard greens
    kale that has smooth leaves
  5. bok choy
    a plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves
  6. watercress
    any of several water-loving cresses
  7. mustard greens
    leaves eaten as cooked greens
  8. turnip greens
    tender leaves of young white turnips
  9. beet green
    young leaves of the beetroot
  10. endive
    widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green
  11. dandelion green
    the foliage of the dandelion plant
  12. escarole
    variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
  13. radicchio
    prized variety of chicory having globose heads of red leaves
  14. chicory
    perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads
  15. purslane
    a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas
  16. Claytonia
    genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes
Created on Tue Feb 13 16:19:56 EST 2024 (updated Mon Mar 11 11:39:14 EDT 2024)

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