vegetable kingdom
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Simple, ignoble, under-appreciated green cabbage: It has got to be one of the most unpretentious and humblest in all of the Cruciferae family, if not among the entire vegetable kingdom.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2024
Especially when you’re loading up on some of the healthiest in the vegetable kingdom.
From Fox News ● Feb. 6, 2022
And here I might add that I learned so many things, so much that was new to me, about the amazing vegetable kingdom when researching that book.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2021
In this interpretation, B. caapi and chacruna are the spokesplants for the entire vegetable kingdom.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 5, 2016
But these secretions are essential for the digestion of starchy foods, and chemists tell us that starch abounds in the vegetable kingdom from which most of the food of children is derived.
From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various
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