ABSP - Vegetables

Vegetables

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

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