green goods

Definitions of green goods

1. noun

   fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
   synonyms: garden truck, green groceries, produce

   types:

   edible fruit

   edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh

   veg, vegetable, veggie

   edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

   eater

   any green goods that are good to eat

   julienne, julienne vegetable

   a vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish)

   rabbit food, raw vegetable

   an uncooked vegetable

   legume

   the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas, beans, or lentils)

   potherb

   any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning

   green, greens, leafy vegetable

   any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

   solanaceous vegetable

   any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon

   root vegetable

   any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers

   pieplant, rhubarb

   long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened

   cruciferous vegetable

   a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts

   squash

   edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable

   cucumber, cuke

   cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons

   artichoke, globe artichoke

   a thistlelike flower head with edible, fleshy leaves and heart

   artichoke heart

   the tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower

   asparagus

   edible young shoots of the asparagus plant

   bamboo shoot

   edible young shoots of bamboo

   onion

   an aromatic flavorful vegetable

   leek

   related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves

   cardoon

   only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related to artichokes

   celery

   stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning

   gumbo, okra

   a green pod vegetable with edible seeds, often used in soups and stews

   mushroom

   fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi

   pumpkin

   usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn

   earthnut, truffle

   edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber

   freestone

   fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit

   cling, clingstone

   fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

   windfall

   fruit that has fallen from the tree

   apple

   fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

   berry

   any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves

   lansa, lansat, lanseh, lanset

   East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit

   carambola, star fruit

   deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert

   ceriman, monstera

   tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor

   carissa plum, natal plum

   edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plant

   citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit

   any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions

   tangelo, ugli, ugli fruit

   large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin

   apricot

   a yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach

   peach

   downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh

   nectarine

   a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin

   pitahaya, pitaya

   highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach

   plum

   any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit

   dried fruit

   fruit preserved by drying

   fig

   fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried

   ananas, pineapple

   large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated

   anchovy pear, river pear

   West Indian fruit resembling the mango; often pickled

   banana

   elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh

   passion fruit

   egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks

   breadfruit

   a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts

   jack, jackfruit, jak

   immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted

   canistel, eggfruit

   ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies

   melon

   any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh

   cherry

   a red fruit with a single hard stone

   coco plum, cocoa plum, icaco

   plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves; tropical American

   grape

   any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters

   custard apple

   the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp

   papaw, pawpaw

   fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples

   papaya

   large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh

   kai apple

   South African fruit smelling and tasting like apricots; used for pickles and preserves

   ketembilla, kitambilla, kitembilla

   maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves

   ackee, akee

   red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe

   durian

   huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts

   feijoa, pineapple guava

   dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves

   Spanish lime, genip

   round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes

   genipap, genipap fruit

   a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind

   Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi fruit

   fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh

   Japanese plum, loquat

   yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies

   mangosteen

   two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples

   mango

   large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed

   sapodilla, sapodilla plum, sapota

   tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp

   mammee, marmalade plum, sapote

   brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet

   tamarind, tamarindo

   large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys

   aguacate, alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear

   a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed

   date

   sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

   elderberry

   berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies

   guava

   tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies

   mombin

   purplish tropical fruit

   hog plum, yellow mombin

   yellow oval tropical fruit

   hog plum, wild plum

   fruit of the wild plum of southern United States

   jaboticaba

   tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil

   Chinese date, Chinese jujube, jujube

   dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees

   leechee, lichee, lichi, litchee, litchi, litchi nut, lychee

   Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried

   dragon's eye, longanberry

   Asian fruit similar to litchi

   mamey, mammee, mammee apple

   globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh

   marang

   tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds embedded in sweetish white pulp

   medlar

   crabapple-like fruit used for preserves

   medlar

   a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste

   pear

   sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties

   plantain

   starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics

   plumcot

   hybrid between plum and apricot

   pomegranate

   large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind

   prickly pear

   round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti

   garambulla

   small berrylike fruit

   Barbados gooseberry, blade apple

   small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies

   native peach, quandang, quandong, quantong

   red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam

   quince

   aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves

   rambotan, rambutan

   pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines

   pulasan, pulassan

   fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter

   rose apple

   fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections

   sorb, sorb apple

   acid gritty-textured fruit

   sour gourd

   acid-tasting Australian gourd-like fruit with a woody rind and large seeds

   monkey bread, sour gourd

   African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp

   Florence fennel, fennel, finocchio

   aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads

   type of:

   food, solid food

   any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment