Where does the color come from in purple cabbage?
Nature uses color in lots of different ways. Find out why some types of cabbage are purple and what this means.
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Vegetables are plants raised for some edible part, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers. Vegetables exclude any plant that is thought to be a fruit in the culinary sense. The term vegetable also refers to the edible part of a plant.
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Rhubarb, or Pieplant, a heavy-leafed perennial garden vegetable related to buckwheat. See more »
Cucumber
Cucumber, a trailing vine of the gourd family. Its green fruit -- usually long and warty with crisp, white flesh -- is sliced and eaten raw in salads, or pickled with dill or other spices and eaten as a relish.
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Artichoke, a name applied to two different plants. The globe, or French, artichoke, which is grown for its edible flower heads, is a perennial plant that grows from three to four feet (90 to 120 cm) high.
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Asparagus, a genus of useful and ornamental plants of the lily family. There are about 150 species, all native to the Old World.
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Beet, a common root vegetable. It is grown for its sweet, fleshy root; for its sugar; or for its leaves, which are used as greens.
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Broccoli, a vegetable. It is a variety of cabbage and is closely related to cauliflower.
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Brussels Sprouts, a vegetable closely related to cabbage. The plant has a tall, thick stem with large, green leaves.
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Cabbage, a leafy vegetable of the mustard family. The common cabbage has a dense head of light-green, juicy leaves with a distinctive odor.
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Canaigre, a large plant related to the common sorrel. It is found mainly in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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Carrot, a vegetable grown for its edible root. Raw carrots are eaten in salads or as appetizers; cooked carrots are served creamed or buttered.
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Cassava, or Manioc, a small shrub grown in the tropics for its edible starchy roots.
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Cauliflower, a vegetable. It is a variety of cabbage and is closely related to broccoli.
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Celery, a vegetable of the parsley family, grown principally for its edible stalks.
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Chinese Cabbage, or Celery Cabbage, a leafy salad vegetable. The core, shaped like a cylinder 12 to 18 inches (30 to 45 cm) long and 4 to 5 inches (10 to 13 cm) in diameter, is the part that is eaten.
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Chive, a plant related to the onion and grown for its grasslike, hollow leaves, which are used in seasoning.
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Colocynth, a trailing or climbing plant of the gourd family. It is grown in Africa, Asia, and Europe's Mediterranean countries.
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Cress, the name given to several plants of the mustard family. All of them have green leaves used in salads and as garnishes.
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Endive, an annual or biennial herb related to chicory and dandelion. It was grown in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, and was introduced into the British Isles about 1548.
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Fennel, a perennial herb native to the Mediterranean region. The plant commonly grows three to seven feet (0.9 to 2.1 m) tall and bears loose, flat-topped clusters of yellow flowers.
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Garlic, a perennial bulbous plant related to the onion. Garlic bulbs consist of a cluster of bulblets called cloves, covered with a thin, paperlike skin.
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