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(obsolete) Alternative form of abelmosk [The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.]
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Either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean.
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Obsolete 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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(Philippines) bitter melon
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(Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit.
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(Canada, US, UK, Ireland) In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.
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(India, uncommon) An eggplant; a brinjal.
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Alternative form of bibiru [A tropical South American tree, Chlorocardium rodiei, the greenheart.]
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Alternative form of betel nut [An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm; wrapped in the leaves of the betel pepper and chewed.]
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Alternative form of bael (“tree”), Aegle marmelos [A tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos.]
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(India) Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.
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Alternative form of bisnaga (“plant of celery family”) [A plant in the celery family (Visnaga daucoides, syn. Ammi visnaga) grown for its seeds, which have been used as an herbal medicine.]
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(South Asia, Malaysia, South Africa, Singapore) An aubergine or eggplant.
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Cultivated varieties of either of two species of bamboo, Bambusa tuldoides and Bambusa vulgaris, with swollen internodes that look like a human torso with a fat belly when the plants are grown in pots.
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Alternative form of cohune [A species of palm, Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.]
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(uncommon, inexact) Synonym of grains of paradise, the seeds or seed capsules of Aframomum melegueta, of East Africa.
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Alternative spelling of cardamom [The Elettaria cardamomum, an Indian herb.]
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Alternative form of cassava [Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.]
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Alternative form of cassava [Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.]
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Alternative form of cassava [Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.]
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Alternative form of chinar [The tree Platanus orientalis, the oriental plane.]
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Alternative form of chinar [The tree Platanus orientalis, the oriental plane.]
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Alternative form of chayote [Sechium edule, a tropical American perennial herbaceous vine having tendrils, tuberous roots, and a green, pear-shaped fruit cooked as a vegetable.]
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Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra, kailan,: a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly Cantonese cooking; gailan.
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The tuber of the vine, used for food; nagaimo, Chinese potato.
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Alternative form of cocobolo (old coin) [An oily tropical hardwood from Central America.]
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Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
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Alternative form of calumba [(medicine, archaic) The bitter root of a plant (Jateorhiza palmata), indigenous to Mozambique, and used as a tonic and antiseptic.]
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Oil made from coquito nuts.
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Alternative form of coca [Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.]
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Alternative form of eddo [A plant (Colocasia esculenta, but often identified as Colocasia antiquorum, among numerous other synonyms), which is usually considered a variety of C. esculenta, with edible starchy tubers.]
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Melon seeds that are ground to make soup in West Africa.
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Synonym of elaichi (“cardamom”)
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Obsolete spelling of finocchio [A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).]
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Digitaria exilis, a cereal cultivated in western Africa; white fonio
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Tylosema esculentum, a long-lived perennial legume native to arid areas of southern Africa, having yellow-orange flowers and producing ovate to circular pods with large brownish-black seeds.
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Alternative form of genipap [The North and South American tree Genipa americana of the family Rubiaceae.]
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(India) The sesame plant.
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(archaic) Dioscorea esculenta (lesser yam).
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(rare, usually in the plural) A seed of Aframomum melegueta.
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The seeds or seed capsules of Aframomum melegueta, used as a medicine and spice, especially as a substitute for black pepper and in flavoring alcoholic beverages.
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A triploid cultivar of banana, popular in the early 20th century, predominant in the marketplace, but wiped out as a commercial cultivar mid-20th century by Panama disease.
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An ancient Caribbean and South American root crop, Goeppertia allouia (syn. Calathea allouia), with crisp, starchy tubers that taste somewhat like sweet corn.
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(countable) Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.
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Alternative form of henequen [A tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.]
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Alternative form of St Ignatius' bean [The seed of the tree Strychnos ignatii, with similar properties to nux vomica.]
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Alternative form of iluppai [Synonym of mahua (“Indian tree”)]
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Obsolete form of yam (“the vegetable”). [Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.]
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wasabi (Eutrema japonica)
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Alternative form of henequen [A tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.]
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A variety of moist-fleshed sweet potato.
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taro (Colocasia esculenta)
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(India) Synonym of groundnut (“Arachis hypogaea”)
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Alternative form of konjac [A foul-smelling plant grown in Asia, Amorphophallus konjac.]
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Alternative form of konjac [A foul-smelling plant grown in Asia, Amorphophallus konjac.]
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(cooking, medicine) A starch extracted from the root that is used in traditional East Asian medicine and cuisine.
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(South Africa) An odorous fruit (genus Gethyllis), often used in brandy and for scenting rooms.
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(New Zealand) sweet potato
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A plant related to black pepper, Piper lolot, whose leaves are wrapped around food to give it flavor during cooking.
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(South Africa) sorghum; Sorghum bicolor
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Alternative form of mahua [Madhuca longifolia, a fast-growing Indian tropical tree cultivated for its oleaginous seeds.]
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(South Africa) watermelon
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Alternative form of mamey [The evergreen tree Mammea americana, or its edible fruit]
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Obsolete form of manioc. [(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared.]
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(obsolete) Alternative form of malagueta. [Synonym of grains of paradise, the seeds or seed capsules of the West African Aframomum melegueta; the plant itself.]
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Obsolete form of manioc. [(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared.]
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(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared.
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Alternative form of manioc [(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared.]
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Stems or thick leaves from near the stem of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
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A climbing plant (Ullucus tuberosus) of the Andes, having tuberous roots which are used as a substitute for potatoes.
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Alternative form of Mishmi bitter [(archaic) The bitter tonic root of a Chinese species of goldthread.]
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Alternative form of mopane (“tree”) [A tree, Colophospermum mopane, native to southern Africa.]
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(Kenya) green gram (bean of Vigna radiata)
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(New Zealand) The oca, Oxalis tuberosa, a root vegetable introduced from South America.
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A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree, Anadenanthera peregrina.
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Alternative form of nipa [A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.]
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(India) A coconut plantation.
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(Caribbean) Alternative form of okra. [The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.]
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The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
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(obsolete) Alternative form of okra [The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.]
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(Southern US vernacular) Alternative form of okra [The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.]
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(obsolete) Alternative form of okra. [The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.]
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The cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta, so called to distinguish it from new cocoyam.
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Alternative form of otenga [A flowering evergreen tree of southeastern Asia, Dillenia indica, bearing edible fruits.]
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Alternative form of pachak [The fragrant roots of Saussurea costus, used as incense.]
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Alternative form of piña [cloth woven from pineapple fiber]
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A yam used in a variety of desserts, Dioscorea alata.
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(Malaysia, Singapore) lemongrass
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(countable) A plant producing the pods, Zanthoxylum
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Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash.
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Alternative form of tania (“new cocoyam or taro”) [(rare) New cocoyam, yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).]
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The cassava plant, Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is derived; manioc.
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Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
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Synonym of abaca (Musa textilis)
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A starch or arrowroot made from the tubers of an East Indian zinziberaceous plant (Curcuma angustifolia).
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Alternative form of tonka bean [The black wrinkled seed of Dipteryx odorata, a neotropical legume tree, used as a perfume and vanilla substitute due to its high coumarin content.]
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Any plant in the genus Dioscorea, or its tubers, so called to distinguish them from the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) varieties known as yams in the US, and from the New Zealand yam, Oxalis tuberosa .
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Nonstandard spelling of turmeric. [(botany) An Indian plant, Curcuma longa, with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).]
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(Africa, Caribbean) The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.
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The crisp, sweet-tasting tuberous root of this plant
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Dioscorea japonica, an edible Japanese yam.
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(Jamaica) A reddish vegetable, a form of yam with a vine that twists from left to right, the opposite of the ordinary yam vine.
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