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green vegetable

American  

noun

  1. a vegetable having green edible parts, as lettuce or broccoli.


Etymology

Origin of green vegetable

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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On average, they consumed 4.3 servings of dark green vegetable and legumes and 3.9 servings of whole grains daily.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

A luscious vegetable casserole, this can be a green vegetable side dish or a substantial vegetarian main course.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2022

Workers were picking, trimming and packing choy sum, a leafy green vegetable used in Chinese cooking.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2022

Bush’s well-known loathing of the leafy green vegetable.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2021

As they rode home, she vowed that she would never eat this queer green vegetable either.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

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