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  1. carrot
    perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions
  2. potato
    an edible tuber native to South America
  3. tomato
    mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
  4. onion
    bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
  5. bell pepper
    a plant bearing sweet, mild red peppers
  6. cucumber
    a melon vine of the genus Cucumis
  7. zucchini
    marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small
  8. eggplant
    an egg-shaped vegetable that usually has a dark-purple color
  9. broccoli
    plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds
  10. cauliflower
    a plant having an edible head of crowded white buds
  11. green bean
    a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods
  12. pea
    a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
  13. corn
    tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
  14. asparagus
    plant with long green stems that is eaten as a vegetable
  15. brussels sprouts
    the small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant
  16. artichoke
    a plant cultivated for its large, edible flower head
  17. celery
    widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
  18. radish
    a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root
  19. beet
    biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root
  20. turnip
    a plant having a large, fleshy, edible white or yellow root
  21. rutabaga
    a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
  22. parsnip
    a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root
  23. sweet potato
    pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh
  24. butternut
    North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
  25. pumpkin
    a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
  26. kohlrabi
    plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem
  27. okra
    a flowering plant with tall stalks and edible green seed pods used in cooking
  28. fennel
    any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems
  29. leek
    plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
  30. garlic
    bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized
  31. spinach
    plant cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
  32. kale
    a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves
  33. Swiss chard
    beet lacking swollen root
  34. romaine lettuce
    lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves
  35. arugula
    an edible, leafy green plant with a peppery or bitter taste
  36. collard greens
    kale that has smooth leaves
  37. bok choy
    a plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves
  38. watercress
    any of several water-loving cresses
  39. mustard greens
    leaves eaten as cooked greens
  40. turnip greens
    tender leaves of young white turnips
  41. beet green
    young leaves of the beetroot
  42. endive
    widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green
  43. dandelion green
    the foliage of the dandelion plant
  44. escarole
    variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
  45. sorrel
    prickly annual herb used in tarts and jelly
  46. cabbage
    a vegetable grown for its edible leaves or flowers
Created on Tue Feb 13 16:21:35 EST 2024

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