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This is a list of plants that have a culinary role as vegetables. "Vegetable" can be used in several senses, including culinary, botanical and legal. This list includes botanical fruits such as pumpkins, and does not include herbs , spices , cereals and most culinary fruits and culinary nuts .
Vegetable. Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, and seeds. An alternative definition of the term is applied somewhat ...
The carrot ( Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, typically orange in color, though heirloom variants including purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, [ 2][ 3][ 4] all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, Daucus carota, native to Europe and Southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Iran and ...
Broccoli is an annual plant which can grow up to 60–90 cm (20–40 in) tall. [ 11] Broccoli is very similar to cauliflower, but unlike it, its floral buds are well-formed and clearly visible. [further explanation needed] The inflorescence grows at the end of a central, thick stem and is dark green. Violet, yellow or even white heads have been ...
Binomial name. Solanum lycopersicum. L. Synonyms [ 1] Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L. H. Karst.) Lycopersicon esculentum (Mill.) Tomatoes: whole, halved vertically and halved horizontally. The tomato ( / təmeɪtoʊ / or / təmɑːtoʊ /) is the edible berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, [ 1][ 2] commonly known as the tomato plant.
Cabbage, comprising several cultivars of Brassica oleracea, is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. It is descended from the wild cabbage ( B. oleracea var. oleracea ), and belongs to the "cole crops" or brassicas, meaning it is closely related to ...
Brassica ( / ˈbræsɪkə /) is a genus of plants in the cabbage and mustard family ( Brassicaceae ). The members of the genus are informally known as cruciferous vegetables, cabbages, mustard plants, or simply brassicas. [ 2] Crops from this genus are sometimes called cole crops —derived from the Latin caulis, denoting the stem or stalk of a ...
Labuyo chili. Leaves used in Filipino cuisine, notably in the soup tinola [ 57] Capparis spinosa. Caper. Caper leaves are part of the Greek cuisine [ 58][ 59] Carica papaya. Papaya. The leaves are part of Lalab in Sundanese cuisine, Buntil in Javanese cuisine or sauteed with slices of chilis in Indonesian cuisine.