Artichoke

• artichoke

  A thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart.

• artichoke heart

  The tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower.

Also contains

• green

  Any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables.

• root vegetable

  Any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers.

• cruciferous vegetable

  A vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages;...

• legume

  The seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils).

• onion

  An aromatic flavorful vegetable.

• solanaceous vegetable

  Any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the...

• celery

  Stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning.

• squash

  Edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable.

• cucumber

  Cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related...

• pieplant

  Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.

• leek

  Related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves.

• asparagus

  Edible young shoots of the asparagus plant.

• gumbo

  Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and...

• mushroom

  Fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi.

• pumpkin

  Usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer...

• cardoon

  Only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related...

• julienne

  A vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish).

• fennel

  Aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads.

• raw vegetable

  An uncooked vegetable.

• truffle

  Edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber.

• bamboo shoot

  Edible young shoots of bamboo.

• potherb

  Any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for...

• plantain

  Starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the ...