another name for vegetables
A vegetable is the edible part of a plant that is used in cooking or can be eaten raw. They are different from fruit in that vegetables don't have seeds. Vegetables are often consumed as salads or cooked as part of a side dish or main meal. A person who does not eat meat is considered a Vegetarian because they often only eat vegetables (and fruit). The informal word for vegetables is veggies. [C] = Countable Noun - [U] = Uncountable Noun. artichoke [C] Broad beans grow in a green, leathery pod. The beans can be eaten fresh, when they are green, or dried, when they have turned brown. The way to identify them is by their flat, broad shape. Beans are a good source of protein and fibre. Beetroot is the root of the beet plant - which explains its name! People have grown it for food since Roman times. Raw beetroot is best for you and great for grating - peel it first. Try it in a salad or sandwich. Chart with Vegetables and their names in English. List of Vegetables in English. 1  bell pepper * [C] - (Just called pepper in British English or with its color beforehand just as red pepper or green pepper.  pepper [C] - (called bell pepper in British English. 1 Pumpkin's vegetable nickname didn't come from his size. 2  He might never wake up, and if he did, he might be a vegetable the rest of his life.  The alternative is that it keeps growing and I turn into a vegetable, Deidre said. But in the case of the vegetable galls it takes life to control life. With the exception of the flesh of the water-mussel, its food is vegetable. This common weed would hardly be recognized if seen under cultivation in the vegetable garden. Their pigments, both mineral and vegetable, were remarkable for their permanence. It is sometimes called an avocado pear. Avocado is often mistaken for a vegetable because we eat it like a salad vegetable, but it is actually a fruit. Avocados are at their best when they are ripe and very easy to prepare. They can simply be cut in half with the stone removed and eaten with a little salad dressing or chopped into a salad. Avocados are a good source of essential fats (the good ones) - one of the few fruits or vegetables that contain fat. French beans, runner beans, common beans, bobby beans, string beans, Thai beans, wax beans and haricots verts are all names for different types of green bean. Wax beans aren't even green - they can be yellow or purple! Green beans are picked when they are very young - they should be bright in colour and firm. Chart with Vegetables and their names in English. List of Vegetables in English. bell pepper * [C] - (Just called pepper in British English or with its color beforehand just as red pepper or green pepper.
Veggies