English > veg: 1 sense > noun 1, food| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | vegetable, veggie |
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| Part of | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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| Region | Britain | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
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| Narrower | artichoke, globe artichoke | A thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart |
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| artichoke heart | The tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower |
| asparagus | edible young / young shoots of the asparagus plant |
| bamboo shoot | edible young / young shoots of bamboo |
| cardoon | Only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery) |
| celery | stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning |
| cruciferous vegetable | A vegetable of the mustard family |
| cucumber, cuke | cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable |
| fennel, Florence fennel, finocchio | aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads |
| greens, green, leafy vegetable | Any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables |
| gumbo, okra | long mucilaginous green pods |
| julienne, julienne vegetable | A vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish) |
| leek | related to onions |
| legume | The seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) |
| mushroom | fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi |
| onion | An aromatic flavorful vegetable |
| pieplant, rhubarb | long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened |
| plantain | starchy banana-like fruit |
| potherb | Any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning |
| pumpkin | usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn |
| raw vegetable, rabbit food | An uncooked vegetable |
| root vegetable | Any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers |
| solanaceous vegetable | Any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae |
| squash | edible fruit of a squash plant |
| truffle, earthnut | edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber |
| Broader | produce, green goods, green groceries, garden truck | Fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market |
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| Spanish | hortaliza, legumbre, verdura, verduras |
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| Catalan | hortalissa, llegum, verdura |
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