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vegetable Cucumber (Cucumis sativus). broccoli potatoes Peas Artichoke
Are frozen vegetables less nutritious than fresh ones?
vegetable shopping for vegetables Fruits and vegetables
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Ceviche. Peruvian ceviche (sebiche). Raw seafood dish with lime, cilantro, peppers, plantains. Cuisine, food
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Chef tossing vegetables in a frying pan over a burner (skillet, food).
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Red and yellow cherry tomatoes, some forming a question mark, against a light blue background. (organic, fruits, vegetables)
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Grains and spices in bags, India. (Indian, vendor, market, food)
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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap
Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous
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vegetable, in the broadest sense, any kind of plant life or plant product, namely “vegetable matter”; in common, narrow usage, the term vegetable usually refers to the fresh edible portions of certain herbaceous plants—roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, or seeds. These plant parts are either eaten fresh or prepared in a number of ways, usually as a savory, rather than sweet, dish. A brief treatment of vegetables and vegetable farming follows. For in-depth treatment of...

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