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 with a smooth dark purple skin and white flesh. The American word is eggplant.
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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 cold, especially in salads. The American word is beet.
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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 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 stiff white leaves that have a bitter taste, usually eaten raw in salads
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a vegetable that has large pale green leaves with 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 flavour. The whole garlic is called a bulb.
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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 small green or red pepper often used in Mexican cooking for giving food a hot flavour
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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 small flat green vegetable with very small seeds inside. It is a type of pea and you can eat its skin.
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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 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 small white onion with a long thin stem with green leaves on it that is often eaten raw in salads
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a green, red, or yellow vegetable that does not have a strong flavour. Sweet peppers are often simply called peppers.
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