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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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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

“I recall spending over three months living solely on green vegetable juice at one stage,” he said in the interview.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

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

There were villas with iron fences and big overgrown gardens and ditches with water flowing and green vegetable gardens with dust on the leaves.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

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