| artichoke |
a plant like a tall thistle with a flower head made up of thick leaves. The head of the artichoke is eaten as a vegetable. |
| asparagus |
a plant related to the lily, whose young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. The shoots are shaped like spears with scaly leaves at the tip. |
| aubergine |
the British word for eggplant, a plant grown for its dark purple, oval fruit. Aubergine is eaten as a vegetable. |
| bean |
the seed of certain plants that is eaten as a vegetable. |
| beet |
a dark red root that people eat as a vegetable. |
| biodiesel |
a low-polluting type of diesel fuel made from renewable, organically-derived oils such as vegetable oils or waste animal fats. |
| bok choy |
the leaves of this plant, used in salads or as a cooked vegetable. [1/2 definitions] |
| broad bean |
a plant of the pea family that bears flat seeds that are used as a vegetable or an animal feed; fava bean. |
| broccoli |
a common green vegetable with flowers that look like small trees. |
| Brussels sprout |
a green vegetable resembling a small head of cabbage that grows among other heads along a tall stalk of a plant. [1/2 definitions] |
| cabbage |
a vegetable with large green or purple leaves that form a round head. |
| caramelized |
(of a vegetable or other food containing natural sugar) cooked to the point wherein liquids and natural sugar are released and create a sweet and nutty-tasting brown syrup. |
| carrot |
a long orange root that people eat as a vegetable. |
| cauliflower |
a cultivated vegetable related to cabbage that bears a large, dense head of edible, crunchy, usu. white flowers. |
| celery |
a plant with crisp, pale green stalks that are eaten as a vegetable. Celery leaves and seeds are used as seasoning. |
| chard |
a variety of cultivated beet having large leafstalks and leaves, which are used as a vegetable. |
| choline |
a vitamin of the vitamin B complex, found in most animal and vegetable foods. |
| collard |
a type of vegetable like cabbage that is grown for food. [1/2 definitions] |
| corn1 |
a tall plant with rows of yellow or white seeds that are eaten as a vegetable. |
| courgette |
the British name for a "zucchini," a cucumber-shaped vegetable with a smooth, dark green rind. |
| cowpea |
the edible pealike seed of this plant, used as a vegetable; black-eyed pea. [1/2 definitions] |