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green vegetable

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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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In this study, the researchers applied the sensors for hydrogen peroxide and salicylic acid to pak choi, a leafy green vegetable also known as bok choy or Chinese cabbage.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

The recipe for pasta primavera that ran in the Times instructs the cook to blanch each green vegetable separately in salted water — a decidedly French level of fussiness.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

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

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

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty