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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a kind of bean, an Oriental food plant. | adzuki aduki+ adsuki+ azuki+ |
| an umbelliferous plant, the stems of which were formerly eaten as CELERY is now. Pl. ALEXANDERSES. | alexanders |
| an umbelliferous South American food-plant with edible tubers. | arracacha |
| a thistlelike perennial plant with large fleshy scaly head and bracts and edible receptacle; the grey-green flower-head of this, served as a vegetable. | artichoke |
| a Mediterranean plant used in salads. | arugola rucola rugola arugula |
| any plant of the Asparagus genus of Liliaceae, one species having young shoots eaten as a delicacy. | asparagus |
| the egg-shaped fruit of an Asian annual plant, eaten as a vegetable. | aubergine |
| (dial.) a turnip. | bagie+ |
| an aboriginal American name for the sweet potato. | batata |
| a variety of lettuce with smooth green leaves. | batavia+ |
| the name of several kinds of leguminous plants and their seeds; (verb) to strike on the head. | bean |
| like a bean. | beanlike |
| the stem of a bean plant. | beanstalk |
| a plant of the goosefoot family, with a red or white succulent root, used as food (red) and as a source of sugar (white); (verb) to improve or mend, esp. a fire. | beet |
| the dark-red root of the beet plant eaten as a vegetable. | beetroot |
| another name for OKRA. Pl. BENDYS. | bendy |
| OKRA as used in Indian cookery. | bhindi |
| a sweet potato. | boniato+ |
| a brassicaceous plant of many varieties. [Du. boerenkool, peas cabbage]. | borecole |
| as in borlotti bean, a kind of kidney bean. No -S. | borlotti+ |
| a cruciferous plant of the genus Brassica, which includes cabbage, turnip, rape, etc. [L. brassica, cabbage]. | brassica |
| the edible root of a leguminous plant, found near the Rocky Mountains, aka prairie turnip. | breadroot |
| in India, the aubergine or egg-plant. | brinjal |
| a leguminous vegetable. | broadbean+ |
| a plant of the Cabbage species, resembling the cauliflower. | broccoli brocoli |
| a vegetable of the Cruciferae family; (verb) to steal or purloin, orig. of tailors who took small pieces of customer's cloth as a perquisite. | cabbage |
| like a cabbage. No comp! | cabbagy cabbagey+ |
| a variety of sprouting BROCCOLI. | calabrese |
| a kind of PULSE. | calavancecaravance |
| in W. Indies, a yam or sweet potato. | camote |
| the white haricot beans used in French and Italian cooking. | canellini cannellini |
| see CALAVANCE. | caravance |
| a plant of the Umbelliferae family, having an edible tapering root of a reddish or yellowish colour. | carrot |
| like or tasting of carrot: CARROTIER, CARROTIEST. | carroty |
| a cabbage stock. | castock custock |
| a variety of cabbage with a white, closely-packed, flower-head, eaten as a vegetable. | cauliflower |
| a vegetable, celery with a turnip-like root. | celeriac |
| an umbelliferous plant whose blanched leafstalks are eaten cooked or uncooked as a vegetable. | celery |
| the edible leafstalk of a variety of white BEET. | chard |
| a tropical American cucurbitaceous plant, aka CHOKO or CHOCHO; its edible fruit eaten as a vegetable. [Sp. f. Nahuatl chayotli.] | chayote |
| a variety of onion, aka spring onion. | chibol cibol ciboule. |
| the chick-pea. Pl. CHICHES. | chich |
| a dwarf pea grown for food esp. in Asia. | chickpea |
| the shoot of the chicory plant, eaten like lettuce. | chicon |
| see CHICON. | chicory |
| the fruit of a tropical vine, similar to cucumber and eaten as a vegetable in the W Indies and Australia. | choko chocho |
| a cabbage; an ornamental soft rosette; a cream bun. Pl. CHOUX. | chou |
| pickled cabbage. | choucroute |
| see CHIBOL. | cibol |
| see CHIBOL. | ciboule |
| the TARO or other edible araceous tuber. Pl. COCCOS. | cocco |
| a tropical tuber. | cocoyam |
| a variety of cabbage cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes. [Du. koolzaad, cabbage seed]. | colza |
| a small gherkin. | cornichon+ |
| a kind of lettuce. Pl. COSES. | cos |
| a small variety of vegetable marrow, aka ZUCCHINI. | courgette |
| a name for many pungent-leaved cruciferous plants of various genera often used as a culinary garnish and in salads. | cress |
| like CRESS. | cressy+ |
| a variety of lettuce. | crisphead+ |
| cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, aka SAUERKRAUT. | crout |
| a variety of pepper. | cubanelle+ |
| a climbing plant of the Cucurbitaceae, with bristly lobed leaves and tendrils; its long cylindrical fruit, used as a salad vegetable and pickle. | cucumber |
| a cucumber. | cuke |
| see CASTOCK. | custock |
| an Indian name for a lentil. | dahl dal dhal dholl |
| a long white root vegetable similar to a RADISH. | daikon |
| see DAHL.. | dal |
| the TARO, a kind of yam. | dasheen |
| see DAHL. | dhal |
| see DHAL. | dholl |
| a long-podded leguminous plant allied to the HARICOT. [Gk. dolichos, long]. Pl. DOLICHOSES. | dolichos |
| an early potato: Pl. EARLIES. | early |
| another name for TARO a kind of yam. Pl. EDDOES. | eddo |
| the AUBERGINE. | eggplant |
| a salad plant of the chicory genus. | endive |
| lentil-meal. | ervalenta revalenta |
| a wavy-leafed salad plant of the ENDIVE family. | escarole |
| an onion with garlic-flavoured bulbs. | eschalot shallot shalot |
| a broad bean. | fava |
| one of the young unfurling fronds of ferns that are sometimes eaten as a vegetable. | fiddlehead fiddleneck+ |
| the kidney bean. Pl. in both cases FRIJOLES not FRIJOLS*. | frijol frijole |
| a variety of curly ENDIVE. | frisee |
| a chickpea. Pl. GARBANZOS. | garbanzo |
| a kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles. | gherkin girkin |
| green vegetables. | greenstuff |
| a legume grown for forage and its seeds which yield guar gum. | guar |
| another name for OKRA. | gumbo |
| a kind of bean or pea. | haricot |
| a variety of broad bean. | horsebean |
| an onion. | ingan |
| Spring onions. No JIBBON*. | jibbons+ |
| an edible starchy tuberous root of a leguminous tropical American vine. | jicama |
| a hardy cabbage-like vegetable. | kale |
| (Maori) a kind of marrow found in New Zealand. | kamokamo+ kumikumi+ |
| a variety of cabbage. Pl. KOHLRABIES or KOHLRABIS. | kohlrabi |
| the sweet potato. | kumara kumera+ |
| a tropical bean with edible pods. | lablab |
| a vegetable of the onion genus. | leek |
| the fruit or edible portion of any leguminous plant (bean, pea, etc.) grown for food. | legume |
| a leguminous annual plant common near the Mediterranean; its small, flattish, round seed, orange or brown, used for food. | lentil |
| a composite plant with milky juice, or one of many varieties, whose leaves are used for salad. | lettuce |
| a kind of bean. | lima |
| a plant of the manioc genus whose roots yield a nourishing starch; cassava. | mandioc manihoc manihot manioc manioca |
| a variety of BEET. | mangel mangold |
| a type of pea cooked and eaten together with its pod; aka snow peas. | mangetout |
| see MANGEL. | mangold |
| see MANDIOC. | manihoc |
| see MANDIOC. | manihot |
| see MANDIOC. | manioc |
| see MANDIOC. | manioca |
| a variety of pumpkin cooked as a vegetable; (verb) to be a companion to. | marrow |
| a rich but late variety of pea. | marrowfat |
| an aubergine. | melongene+ |
| a variety of lettuce with crisp green leaves. | mizuna+ |
| an E. African vegetable like a radish. Pl. MOOLIS. | mooli |
| (coll.) a potato. | murphy |
| a rape or coleseed with a carrot-shaped root; a wild Swedish turnip. | navew |
| a turnip. | neep |
| a tropical plant of the mallow family, with edible pods. | okra |
| like an onion: ONIONIER, ONIONIEST. | oniony |
| (Irish) a cabbage. | pamphrey+ |
| a parsnip. | parsnep |
| an umbelliferous plant or its edible carrot-like root. | parsnip |
| the nutritious seed of certain papilionaceous climbing plants. | pea |
| the pod of the pea. | peacod peapod peascod peasecod |
| like a pea. | pealike |
| see PEACOD. | peapod |
| see PEACOD. | peascod |
| see PEACOD. | peasecod |
| chinese cabbage. | petsai |
| (Spanish) a variety of sweet red pepper. | piquilio+ |
| a dark green, moderately hot CHILI used in Mexican cooking. | poblano+ |
| pease. | pousse |
| a potato. | pratie praty |
| a plant of the bean family. | psoralea |
| the seeds of leguminous plants as food collectively, beans, peas, lentils, etc; (verb) to beat, throb. | pulse |
| a purple-leaved variety of chicory from Italy. Pl. RADICCHIOS. | radicchio |
| a plant of the genus Raphanus; its pungent root, eaten raw as a salad vegetable. | radish |
| immature turnip plants. | rapini rappini |
| see ERVALENTA. | revalenta |
| a cruciferous salad plant of Mediterranean origin. | rocket |
| a type of lettuce. | romaine |
| a large variety of garden pea. | rounceval |
| see ARUGOLA. | rucola |
| see ARUGOLA. | rugola |
| the wild radish. | runch |
| a root vegetable like a swede. [Swed. dialect rotabagge]. | rutabaga |
| herbs and vegetables for salad. | salading |
| the oyster plant or vegetable oyster, a purple-flowered European composite plant cultivated for its edible root tasting like oysters, and its tender spring shoots boiled like asparagus. | salsify |
| cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt. | sauerkraut |
| a kind of cabbage. | savoy |
| an onion with a slim bulb; a leek. | scallion |
| see ESCHALOT. | shallot |
| see ESCHALOT. | shalot |
| wild celery. | smallage |
| a bean produced by an eastern Asiatic plant. | soybean |
| a plant of the goosefoot family; its young leaves used as a vegetable. | spinach spinage |
| resembling spinach. | spinachy |
| see SPINACH. | spinage |
| a very thin, inferior asparagus. | sprew sprue |
| a Swedish turnip, a large buff-flowered, glaucous-leaved kind with yellow flesh. | swede |
| a sweet variety of maize; the yellow kernels of this, eaten as a vegetable. | sweetcorn |
| a CIBOL, a spring onion. Pl. of SYBO is SYBOES. | sybo syboe sybow |
| a kind of yam, aka DASHEEN, EDDO. Pl. TAROS. | taro |
| a potato. | tater |
| a potato. | tatie |
| (Chinese) a variety of Chinese cabbage. | tatsoi+ |
| a potato. | tattie |
| (Scots) a turnip. [Chambers says 'often humorous': I love the idea of one Scot saying TUMSHIE and all the others falling about laughing: who said the Scots didn't have a sense of humour?] | tumshie |
| a vegetable: pl. VEGES; (verb) to laze about, to engage in mindless activity: VEGGES, VEGGED, VEGGING. | veg |
| a plant or part of one used for food, other than those considered to be fruits. | vegetable |
| an edible seed that can be soaked and used as a salad vegetable. | wakane |
| a kind of CHICORY with white leaves. | witloof |
| a variety of beet. [Ger. Wurzel, root]. | wurzel |
| a large tuberous edible root like the potato, grown in tropical countries. | yam |
| a courgette. Pl. ZUCCHINIS. | zucchini |
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