| broccoli |
Broccoli is a green vegetable. A bunch of broccoli looks like a tight bunch of dark green flowers. |
| cabbage |
A cabbage is a vegetable made of thick leaves that form a tight ball. Cabbages are light green or dark purple. |
| carrot |
A carrot is a plant with a long orange root that people eat as a vegetable. |
| cauliflower |
Cauliflower is a vegetable that is usually white. When we see cauliflower in a store, the shape of it looks similar to a tight bunch of flowers. Eating cauliflower is good for you because it has a lot of things that your body needs. |
| celery |
Celery is a plant that people eat as a vegetable. It is light green, and it is crunchy when you chew it. People often put celery in salads. |
| chili pepper |
Chili peppers are the fruit of certain kinds of pepper plants. They are also called chilies. A chili pepper has a strong, hot taste. Because it tastes very different from other fruits, we usually call a chili pepper a vegetable. Some chili peppers are very spicy. |
| corn1 |
Corn is what we call the seeds that come from a corn plant. The seeds grow on long things called ears. People often cook the seeds and eat them as a vegetable. When the seeds are dried, they can be ground up to make flour. With the flour, people can bake things like corn muffins or corn bread. [1/2 definitions] |
| cucumber |
A cucumber is a long fruit with dark green skin. Because it is not sweet, we usually call a cucumber a vegetable. Cucumbers are light green inside, and there are often seeds that you can eat. We usually don't cook cucumbers. We often eat them in salads with other vegetables. |
| mushroom |
A mushroom is a thing that grows in soil that people sometimes eat as a vegetable. A mushroom looks like a small plant, but it is not really a plant or an animal. It is something called a fungus. Mushrooms sometimes look like small umbrellas because they have a stem with a cap on top. People can eat some kinds of mushrooms, but other kinds are dangerous to eat. |
| onion |
An onion is a round vegetable with a strong taste and smell. People usually eat onions in small pieces mixed in with other foods. Onions grow under the ground. |
| pea |
A pea is a small, round green seed that is eaten as a vegetable. Peas grow on a climbing plant. |
| pepper |
A pepper is a hollow fruit that has a hot or sweet taste. Peppers are red, green, or yellow. People often eat peppers as a vegetable, or they use them to give flavor to other foods. [1/2 definitions] |
| potato |
A potato is a plant root that we eat as a vegetable. Potatoes are white or yellow inside and have brown, red, or yellowish skin. |
| salad |
A salad is a mixture of raw vegetables or fruits. You can eat salad with a meal or as a meal. A vegetable salad often has lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, and onions. Sometimes things like cold meats or cheese are added to the vegetables. A fruit salad often has things like grapes, berries, and pieces of banana or apple. |
| spinach |
Spinach is a green plant with leaves that we eat as a vegetable. We often cook spinach, but we can eat it raw too. |
| squash2 |
Squash is a kind of fruit from a plant that grows close to the ground. Squash is not a sweet fruit, so we usually call it a vegetable. There are many kinds of squash. Squashes can be small or big. Often they are green, yellow, or orange. |
| tomato |
A tomato is a round red fruit that is not sweet in the way that other fruits are. Because it tastes very different from other fruits, we usually call a tomato a vegetable. Tomatoes are often served in vegetable salads, but they are also cooked and made into sauce. The sauce is often used on pizza and spaghetti. |
| Ukraine |
Ukraine is a country in Europe. It is a large country, and some of its neighbors are Poland, Russia, and Romania. Part of Ukraine lies along the shore of a large sea called the Black Sea. Ukraine has many farms. It grows many kinds of grain, sunflowers, and a kind of vegetable called sugar beets, which can be used to make sugar. Ukraine also has many mines for coal and minerals. There are also large cities with many businesses and factories. |
| vegetable |
A vegetable is a plant or part of a plant that is used for food. Lettuce, onions, carrots, and potatoes are some vegetables. |
| zucchini |
Zucchini is a plant that people eat as a vegetable. It has smooth, green skin and a long shape. People cook it or eat it in salads. |