Concept cluster: Plants > Root and leafy vegetables
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Alternative form of ajwain [A plant in the family Apiaceae (Trachyspermum ammi), and its seed-like fruit, which is used (especially in South Asian cooking) for its thyme-like flavor.]
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Alternative form of ajwain [A plant in the family Apiaceae (Trachyspermum ammi), and its seed-like fruit, which is used (especially in South Asian cooking) for its thyme-like flavor.]
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Only used in baby-cut carrot
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A single bean in a portion of baked beans.
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(chiefly in the plural) A sprout of the mung bean.
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Alternative form of bean sprout [(chiefly in the plural) A sprout of the mung bean.]
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(US, Canada) A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.
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(usually uncountable) The edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared.
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A dried black seed of certain varieties of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris.
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Obsolete form of banana. [An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.]
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Either of two edible plants of the species Brassica oleracea with light green heads.
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Rapini, a leafy-green vegetable.
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(colloquial, humorous) broccoli-like
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Alternative form of Brussels sprout [(chiefly in the plural) The green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium.]
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(chiefly in the plural) The green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium.
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(UK) A kind of sprouting broccoli.
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Alternative form of canagong [(archaic) pigface (mesembryanthemum plant)]
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Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed.
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A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried.
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A form of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) used in salads
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Alternative form of caraway [A biennial plant, Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.]
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The stalk of kale or cabbage
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(figuratively) Something that causes excitement or interest.
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(cooking) Prepared with cauliflower.
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The seed of the plant celery, Apium graveolens, used as a seasoning in cooking.
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(uncountable, cooking) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
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Obsolete form of cardoon. [Cynara cardunculus, a prickly perennial plant related to the artichoke which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable.]
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Alternative form of chay root [The root of Oldenlandia umbellata, native to India, which yields a durable red dyestuff.]
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Alternative form of chay root [The root of Oldenlandia umbellata, native to India, which yields a durable red dyestuff.]
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Alternative spelling of chicory [(chiefly Britain) The common chicory (Cichorium intybus), the source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and sugarloaf.]
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(cooking) An edible chicory bud.
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The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
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Alternative form of chay root [The root of Oldenlandia umbellata, native to India, which yields a durable red dyestuff.]
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Archaic spelling of chicory. [(chiefly Britain) The common chicory (Cichorium intybus), the source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and sugarloaf.]
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An East Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, sometimes harvested as a cereal.
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oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes.
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Alternative form of cowage [A leguminous climbing plant, Mucuna pruriens, the spiculae of which are sometimes used as a mechanical vermifuge.]
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Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc.
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cucurbitaceous
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(US) A pickled green bean, usually with dill and garlic for flavoring but often with other spices.
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A drumhead cabbage.
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A funnel cake.
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A type of kidney bean, common in France.
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Alternative form of frambesia [Yaws, the disease.]
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(in Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West Indies) The bean-like seed of any of several related plants, such as the cowpea, used as food.
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Alternative form of frijol [(in Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West Indies) Any cultivated bean of the genus Phaseolus, especially the black seed of a variety of Phaseolus vulgaris.]
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(botany) A vegetable with a pulpy, seed-rich body which grows on a vine.
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Alternative form of calavance [Any bean, but especially the hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus).]
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Synonym of elephant's foot Dioscorea elephantipes
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(medicine, archaic) A pea, or similar round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and discharge of pus.
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A similar item made from a turnip
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sorghum
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Alternative form of camachile [Pithecellobium dulce, a fabaceous flowering plant.]
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leaf vegetables
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A small variety of cos lettuce.
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A kind of green lettuce with frilly leaves.
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Alternative form of mamey [The evergreen tree Mammea americana, or its edible fruit]
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Alternative spelling of mangelwurzel [A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.]
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A vegetable pea (Pisum sativum) eaten when immature.
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(Judaism) A bitter vegetable, such as horseradish or Romaine lettuce, eaten at the Passover seder as a reminder of the bitterness of slavery in Egypt.
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Alternative form of Menippea [Menippean satire.]
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The mung bean, cultivated for its sprouts, Vigna radiata or Phaseolus aureus.
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The seed of Vigna radiata, native to South Asia.
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Alternative form of mung bean [The seed of Vigna radiata, native to South Asia.]
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The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
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(Quebec, slang) meter maid
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The seeds of this tree.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A seed produced by an onion plant.
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Alternative form of orach [especially Atriplex hortensis]
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The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.
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A pea extract that composes 5% of peas by weight, that is lighter than pea solids but heavier than pea liquids when pureed peas are centrifuged, which contains the majority of pea flavour compounds.
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(derogatory) A small farm.
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A guacamole substitute made with peas.
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A type of small pea.
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Alternative form of pibcorn [Synonym of pibgorn]
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A tropical African plant, Cajanus cajan, formerly Cajanus indicus.
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Alternative form of peepul [The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa.]
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(botany) Any fruit vegetable whose pods are often eaten while they are still green.
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Synonym of Good King Henry
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A green lentil of the variety Lens esculenta puyensis.
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Alternative spelling of khat [A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.]
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Alternative form of rabe [The budding shoot of a brassica that has bolted.]
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Alternative form of rapscallion [(archaic) A rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel.]
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(rare) Characteristic of a radish.
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A type of onion with reddish purplish skin.
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Synonym of watermelon snow
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The root of a plant used as an edible vegetable, such as the carrot, potato, or onion.
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Alternative form of sagapenum [A yellow to brown bitter gum that derives from plants of the genus Ferula.]
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(obsolete, rare) Synonym of endive
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Obsolete spelling of celery [A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.]
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Alternative spelling of chadon beni [(Caribbean) Culantro (Eryngium foetidum), a tropical herb whose leaves are used medicinally and in Caribbean cuisine.]
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(Scotland) The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
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Alternative form of chaya (“leafy vegetable”) [A teahouse in Japan.]
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Synonym of sesame
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(obsolete) sorghum
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(dated) sorghum
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(plural only, chiefly Britain) the dark green leaves of the borecole plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, used as a vegetable; collard greens
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(botany) Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
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An insect in any of several species of true bugs in the family Coreidae which feed on plants in the family Cucurbitaceae
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Alternative spelling of sugar beet [A type of beet whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose.]
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Alternative form of tania (“new cocoyam or taro”) [(rare) New cocoyam, yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).]
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A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
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Alternative form of tulsi (“holy basil”) [Holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum.]
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A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.
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Any substance of plant origin that can be used as a rennet substitute.
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Oryza rufipogon
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(New Zealand) A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
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A vegetable, the Indian white yam.

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