Vegetables Flashcards

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What are Vegetables?

A

parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food

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What do Vegetables provide?

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They provide nutrients, fiber and other substances with few calories to promote good health.

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3
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Vegetables are low in?

A

Calories and fat free

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4
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Vitamins, minerals and fiber

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vegetables provide

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5
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Phytochemicals

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vegetables contain

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6
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Classifications of Vegetables

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Bulbs, Flowers, Fruits, Fungi, Leaves, Roots, Seeds, Stems and Tubers

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7
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Usually grow just below the surface of the ground and produce a fleshy, leafy shoot above ground. Usually consist of layers or clustered segments

A

Bulbs

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8
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Garlic

A

Bulb

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9
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Leek

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Bulb

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10
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The edible flower of certain vegetables

A

Flowers

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11
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Artichoke

A

Flowers

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12
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Choi sum

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Flowers

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13
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Vegetable fruits are fleshy and contain seeds

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Fruits

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14
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Cucumber

A

Fruits

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15
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Squash

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Fruits

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16
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Commonly known as mushrooms

17
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Button white

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Portobello

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The edible leafy greens or leaves of plants and vegetables

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Brussel sprouts

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Spinach

22
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Are part of plant that grows underground. Usually a long or round-shapes taproot, deeper than bulbs

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Beetroot

24
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grow in pods which are sometimes eaten along with the reed

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The edible stalk of plants where the stalk is the main part of the vegetable
Stems
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Vegetables which also grow underground on the root of the plant or a much thickened underground part of a stem and a rounded swelling or protuberant part
Tubers
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Beans
Seeds
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Sweet corn
Seeds
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Asparagus
Stems
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Wonder vegetable
Asparagus
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Celery
Stems
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Potato
Tubers
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Jerusalem artichoke (luya)
Tubers