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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

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

There was a long silence, and Alfred studied the green vegetable stains on Lou's apron.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte

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