Vegetable - Examples of Different Parts of Plants Used As Vegetables

Examples of Different Parts of Plants Used As Vegetables

The list of food items called "vegetable" is quite long, and includes many different parts of plants:

  • Flower bud
broccoli, cauliflower, globe artichokes, capers
  • Seeds
Sweet corn (maize), peas, beans
  • Leaves
kale, collard greens, spinach, arugula, beet greens, bok choy, chard, choi sum, turnip greens, endive, lettuce, mustard greens, watercress, garlic chives, gai lan
  • Leaf sheaths
leeks
  • Buds
Brussels sprouts
  • Stem
Kohlrabi, galangal, and ginger
  • Stems of leaves
celery, rhubarb, cardoon, Chinese celery
  • Stem shoots
asparagus, bamboo shoots
  • Tubers
potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes, taro, and yams
  • Whole-plant sprouts
soybean (moyashi), mung beans, urad, and alfalfa.
  • Roots
carrots, parsnips, beets, radishes, rutabagas, turnips, and burdocks.
  • Bulbs
onions, shallots, garlic
  • Fruits in the botanical sense, but used as vegetables
tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, zucchinis, pumpkins, peppers, eggplant, tomatillos, chayote, okra, breadfruit, avocado, green beans, and snow peas,

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