Vegetables

4. a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, with large succulent leaves and thick stalks, used as a vegetable
5. any Eurasian liliaceous plant of the genus Asparagus, esp the widely cultivated A. officinalis, having small scaly or needle-like leaves
8. a woody climbing plant, Piper nigrum, of the East Indies, having small black berry-like fruits: family Piperaceae
12. any of various plants of the genus Lactuca, esp L. sativa, which is cultivated in many varieties for its large edible leaves: family Asteraceae (composites)
13. a solanaceous plant, Lycopersicon (or Lycopersicum) esculentum, of South America, widely cultivated for its red fleshy many-seeded edible fruits
14. a tropical Old World solanaceous plant, Solanum melongena, widely cultivated for its egg-shaped typically dark purple fruit US, Canadian, and Australian name: eggplant
16. any bean plant, such as the French bean, having narrow green edible pods when unripe
19. a plant, Cichorium endivia, cultivated for its crisp curly leaves, which are used in salads: family Asteraceae (composites)Compare chicory
20. any of various leguminous plants of the widely cultivated genus Phaseolus producing edible seeds in pods
21. potato a convolvulaceous twining plant, Ipomoea batatas, of tropical America, cultivated in the tropics for its edible fleshy yellow root

1. the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones
2. a variety of cabbage, Brassica oleracea botrytis, having a large edible head of crowded white flowers on a very short thick stem
3. a cultivated variety of cabbage, Brassica oleracea italica, having branched greenish flower heads
6. any of several creeping cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Cucurbita, esp C. pepo of North America and C. maxima of Europe
7. a chenopodiaceous annual plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its dark green edible leaves
9. an alliaceous plant, Allium cepa, having greenish-white flowers: cultivated for its rounded edible bulb
10. scallion an alliaceous plant, Allium porrum, with a slender white bulb, cylindrical stem, and broad flat overlapping leaves: used in cooking
11. an annual climbing leguminous plant, Pisum sativum, with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds: cultivated in temperate regions
14. cultivated for its large edible flower head containing many fleshy scalelike bracts
15. whose blanched leafstalks are used in salads or cooked as a vegetable
17. cole any of various cultivated varieties of the plant Brassica oleracea capitata, typically having a short thick stalk and a large head of green or reddish edible leaves: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
18. Bean any bean plant, such as the French bean, having narrow green edible pods when unripe