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  2. Vegetable - Wikipedia

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    The exact definition of "vegetable" may vary simply because of the many parts of a plant consumed as food worldwide—roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. The broadest definition is the word's use adjectivally to mean "matter of plant origin".

  3. List of vegetables - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of plants that have a culinary role as vegetables. "Vegetable" can be used in several senses, including culinary, botanical and legal. This list includes botanical fruits such as pumpkins, and does not include herbs, spices, cereals and most culinary fruits and culinary nuts. Edible fungi are not included in this list.

  4. Fruit - Wikipedia

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    Fruits and vegetables that are not going to be cooked should be thrown away if they have touched raw meat, poultry, seafood, or eggs. All cut, peeled, or cooked fruits and vegetables should be refrigerated within two hours. After a certain time, harmful bacteria may grow on them and increase the risk of foodborne illness. [51]

  5. Is pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable? It depends on this ... - AOL

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    The difference between a fruit and a vegetable comes down to the part of the plant we eat. A “fruit” refers to the edible part of the plant that develops from a seed into an ovary (or the ...

  6. Gourd - Wikipedia

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    Gourds at a market in Massachusetts. Gourds include the fruits of some flowering plant species in the family Cucurbitaceae, particularly Cucurbita and Lagenaria.The term refers to a number of species and subspecies, many with hard shells, and some without.

  7. Cruciferous vegetables - Wikipedia

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    Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) with many genera, species, and cultivars being raised for food production such as cauliflower, cabbage, kale, garden cress, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mustard plant and similar green leaf vegetables.

  8. The Most Surprising Fruits Commonly Mistaken for Vegetables - AOL

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    Merriam-Webster defines "fruit" as "the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant." Most often, these seed plants are sweet and enjoyed as dessert (think berries and melons), but some ...

  9. Category:Fruit vegetables - Wikipedia

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    Fruit vegetables — botanical fruits used as culinary vegetables, and the plants that bear them. For more on this term in a United States context, see: Nix v.