Vegetables Vocabulary

mushrooms

a fungus with a round top and short stem. Some types of mushroom can be eaten

Brussels sprouts

a green vegetable like very small cabbages

pumpkin

a large, round vegetable with hard, yellow or orange flesh

cabbage

a large, round vegetable with large green, white, or purple leaves that can be eaten cooked or uncooked

cauliflower

a large, round, white vegetable that is eaten cooked or uncooked

leaf vegetable (noun)

a leaf or leafy plant that's eaten as a vegetable, like spinach Example: There are hundreds of leaf vegetables in Africa that we've never heard of.

carrot

a long pointed orange root eaten as a vegetable

zucchini

a long, thin vegetable with a dark green skin. It is a type of small marrow

cucumber

a long, thin, pale green vegetable with dark green skin, usually eaten uncooked in salads

garlic

a plant of the onion family that has a strong taste and smell and is used in cooking to add flavour

lettuce

a plant with large, green leaves, eaten uncooked in salads

asparagus

a plant with pale green, juicy stems that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable

yam

a potato-like root from a tropical climbing plant that can be eaten, or the plant it grows from

bulb (noun)

a round underground part of certain plants like onion and garlic plants Example: Lots of flowers like tulips and daffodils are grown from bulbs.

potato

a round vegetable that grows underground and has white flesh with light brown, red, or pink skin, or the plant on which these grow

peas

a round, green seed, several of which grow in a pod, eaten as a vegetable

turnip

a rounded, white root that is eaten cooked as a vegetable, or the plant that produces it

legume (noun)

a seed that grows in a pod, like a pea or bean Example: A healthy diet includes lots of legumes.

artichoke

a tall plant with a rounded edible top that is enclosed by thick, pointed leaves

string beans or green beans

a type of long, green bean that you can eat

root vegetable (noun)

a vegetable that grows under the ground, like potato and carrot Example: If root vegetables aren't harvested in time, they can rot in the ground.

bell pepper or capsicum

a vegetable that is usually green, red, or yellow, has a rounded shape, and is hollow with seeds in the middle

salad vegetable (noun)

a vegetable that's often used in salads Example: All the salad vegetables are in the same part of the supermarket.

broccoli

a vegetable with a green stem or stems and a mass or several masses of flower buds at the top

onion

a vegetable with a strong smell and flavour, made up of several layers surrounding each other tightly in a round shape, usually brown or red on the outside and white inside

celery

a vegetable with long, thin, whitish or pale green stems that can be eaten uncooked or cooked

spinach

a vegetable with wide, dark green leaves that are eaten cooked or uncooked

eggplant

an oval, purple vegetable that is white inside and is usually eaten cooked

vegetable (noun)

part of a plant that can be cooked and eaten with a main course Example: The more fruit and vegetables we eat, the healthier we'll be.

beetroot

the small, round, dark red root of a plant, eaten cooked as a vegetable, especially cold in salads

greens (noun)

green vegetables Example: Mum says we have to eat our greens before we have dessert.

raw (adjective)

not cooked Example: Some people think cooking destroys vitamins so they eat lots of raw food.