green vegetable

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of green vegetable

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

They were caked with the remains of some kind of hardened green vegetable and dried ketchup.

From Literature

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

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

From New York Times

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

Is a green vegetable cooked correctly?

From Salon