veg

/vɛdʒ/

/vɛdʒ/

Definitions of veg

1. noun

   edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
   synonyms: vegetable, veggie

   types:

   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

   plantain

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

   Florence fennel, fennel, finocchio

   aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads

   pulse

   edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)

   chop-suey greens

   succulent and aromatic young dark green leaves used in Chinese and Vietnamese and Japanese cooking

   Irish potato, murphy, potato, spud, tater, white potato

   an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

   yam

   edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food

   sweet potato

   the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States

   aubergine, eggplant, mad apple

   egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow

   Indian mustard, leaf mustard, mustard, mustard greens

   leaves eaten as cooked greens

   cabbage, chou

   any of various types of cabbage

   broccoli

   branched green undeveloped flower heads

   cauliflower

   compact head of white undeveloped flowers

   brussels sprouts

   the small edible cabbage-like buds growing along a stalk of the brussels sprout plant

   broccoli raab, broccoli rabe

   slightly bitter dark green leaves and clustered flower buds

   summer squash

   any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden

   winter squash

   any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months

   gherkin

   small prickly cucumber

   Jerusalem artichoke, sunchoke

   sunflower tuber eaten raw or boiled or sliced thin and fried as Saratoga chips

   sprout

   a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

   beet, beetroot

   round red root vegetable

   beet green

   young leaves of the beetroot

   Swiss chard, chard, leaf beet, spinach beet

   long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves

   pepper

   sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum

   Bermuda onion

   mild flat onion grown in warm areas

   green onion, scallion, spring onion

   a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads

   Vidalia onion

   sweet-flavored onion grown in Georgia

   Spanish onion

   large mild and succulent onion; often eaten raw

   shallot

   small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning

   salad green, salad greens

   greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads

   bean, edible bean

   any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food

   lentil

   round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food

   pea

   seed of a pea plant used for food

   chickpea, garbanzo

   large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried

   black-eyed pea, cowpea

   eaten fresh as shell beans or dried

   carrot

   orange root; important source of carotene

   Paschal celery, pascal celery

   any of several types of commercially grown celery having green stalks

   celeriac, celery root

   thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant

   dandelion green

   edible leaves of the common dandelion collected from the wild; used in salads and in making wine

   kohlrabi, turnip cabbage

   fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant

   lamb's-quarter, pigweed, wild spinach

   leaves collected from the wild

   wild spinach

   leafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute for spinach

   tomato

   mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable

   Mexican husk tomato, husk tomato, tomatillo

   small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk

   salsify

   either of two long roots eaten cooked

   parsnip

   whitish edible root; eaten cooked

   radish

   pungent fleshy edible root

   turnip

   root of any of several members of the mustard family

   turnip greens

   tender leaves of young white turnips

   common sorrel, sorrel

   large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces

   French sorrel

   greens having small tart oval to pointed leaves; preferred to common sorrel for salads

   spinach

   dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads

   cocoyam, dasheen, edda, taro, taro root

   tropical starchy tuberous root

   type of:

   garden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce

   fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market