acorn squash
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a small round squash (=a hard smooth vegetable), usually orange or yellow, in the shape of an acorn
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a small round squash (=a hard smooth vegetable), usually orange or yellow, in the shape of an acorn
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a round green vegetable with thick pointed leaves arranged close together in layers. After cooking it, you pull off each leaf and eat the soft bottom part.
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a vegetable consisting of the stems of a young bamboo plant, used especially in Chinese cooking
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the round dark purple root of a vegetable that is cooked and eaten. The British word is beetroot.
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a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable with small white seeds inside. It can be eaten raw or cooked.
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a vegetable consisting of green stems with many small green or purple buds on the ends, eaten cooked or raw
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a small round vegetable consisting of many green leaves wrapped tightly around each other
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a long orange vegetable shaped like a bell with a hard skin and solid orange flesh that becomes soft when cooked
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a hard round vegetable with green or purple leaves that can be eaten raw in salads or cooked
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a red, green, or yellow vegetable with white seeds inside. The more usual word for this is a pepper.
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a large white vegetable that grows under the ground and is eaten raw or cooked. It is a type of celery.
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a vegetable with large, pale green leaves which have thick white stalks. It can be cooked or eaten raw in salads.
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a long thin vegetable that has a dark green skin and is white inside. It is usually eaten raw in salads.
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a round white vegetable with small sections called cloves which you add to food for a strong pleasant flavor. The whole garlic is called a bulb or head.
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a type of onion with a small white round part and a long thin green stem. It is usually eaten raw in salads.
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a hollow green vegetable containing small white seeds. It can be eaten raw in salads or cooked.
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a vegetable with a very pale brown skin and white flesh. It grows under the ground.
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a long thin vegetable that tastes similar to an onion and is white at one end with green leaves at the other
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a vegetable with long green pods (=seed containers) that is used especially in African and South Asian cooking
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a round vegetable with thin dry skin and many layers inside that tastes and smells very strong
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a red, green, orange, or yellow vegetable with small white seeds inside. It can be eaten raw in salads or cooked.
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a small red vegetable that is a type of pepper. Pimentos are often put into the middle of green olives.
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a type of banana (=long yellow fruit) used as a vegetable in cooking Caribbean and African foods
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a very common hard round vegetable that has a brown, red, or yellow skin and is white or yellow inside. It grows under the ground and can be cooked in many different ways
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a red vegetable with small white seeds inside. It can be eaten raw in salads or cooked.
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a large, round, hard vegetable that is yellow inside and grows under the ground. The British word is swede.
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the small yellow or white seeds of some types of corn plant that you can cook and eat as a vegetable
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a green, red, or yellow vegetable that does not have a strong flavor. Sweet peppers are often simply called peppers.
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