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- 1. Grows in areas surrounding slow moving water like a lake or pond.
- 5. grows in temperate regions around the world
- 7. Relating to plants
- 10. Popular during Halloween
- 13. extreme high water content
- 14. Between the tropical zone and the polar zone
- 16. Goes by the French name Courgette
- 17. Isn't a real vegetable until fermented; originally from Germany
- 21. often used as flavoring herb
- 24. not a nut, instead a type of aquatic vegetable
- 25. Large headed green vegetable
- 26. Can be consumed as a vegetable stick
- 28. native to East and South-East Asia
- 31. Typically used in raw salads
- 32. Known in some commonwealth nations as "Swede"
- 34. "Mexican husk tomato"
- 36. Fermented cabbage
- 38. Biennial type of plant
- 41. Flowering plant with two year life cycle
- 42. Sweet, spicy, bitter, and flavorful all at the same time
- 46. Technically a fruit
- 48. Essential nutrient related to Thyroid health
- 49. yellow vegetable with a hook like neck
- 50. Botanically they are a fruit
- 51. Belongs to the same family as radicchio
- 52. Incredibly high folate
- 53. known as the Okinawa Yam
- 56. More mild and sweet in taste than their counterparts
- 59. nutrients most of these vegetables are high in
- 60. named due to its stringy texture after being cooked
- 61. The leave of this plant are the most nutritious part
- 62. More common to be eaten raw than cooked
- 63. Root vegetable with red/pink color
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- 2. Also known as Aubergine
- 3. Very popular throughout the world
- 4. Cruciferous Vegetable
- 6. a type of B vitamin required to make DNA and RNA and essential to metabolism
- 8. known as vegetable mustard
- 9. High anthocyanin content
- 11. have greenish-white stalks
- 12. Strong, flavorful but slightly bitter taste
- 15. Technically a fruit
- 18. Actually the flower buds of the plant before they bloom.
- 19. To grow every other year
- 20. Develops a miler and sweeter flavor after cooking.
- 21. Come in many colors including red, yellow and black
- 22. little mini cabbages
- 23. Can be mashed or made into rice
- 27. goes by "Italian Chicory"
- 29. Commonly known as Rocket
- 30. We often eat them raw and then have a bitter and peppery taste
- 33. Common to find in high-end dining restaurants
- 35. nickname lady's finger
- 37. Common Culinary Vegetable in India and East Asia
- 39. Rice of the western world
- 40. Chinese Cabbage
- 43. similar profile to spinach
- 44. Contains a considerable amount of iodine
- 45. Type of bulb
- 47. Root vegetable that is quite adaptable
- 54. Soft slightly sweet taste when caramelized
- 55. Also known as Mexican yam Bean
- 57. Has a Unique hourglass shape
- 58. Belong to the fungi category