Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| adzuki aduki adsuki azuki | a kind of bean, an Oriental food plant. |
| alexanders | an umbelliferous plant, the stems of which were formerly eaten as CELERY is now > ALEXANDERSES. |
| aloo alu | in Indian cooking, a potato. |
| arracacha | an umbelliferous South American food-plant with edible tubers. |
| artichoke | a thistlelike perennial plant with large fleshy scaly head and bracts and edible receptacle; the grey-green flower-head of this, served as a vegetable. |
| arugola rucola rugola arugula | a Mediterranean plant used in salads. |
| asparagus | any plant of the Asparagus genus of Liliaceae, one species having young shoots eaten as a delicacy. |
| aubergine | the egg-shaped fruit of an Asian annual plant, eaten as a vegetable. |
| bagie | (dial.) a turnip. |
| batata | an aboriginal American name for the sweet potato. |
| batavia | a variety of lettuce with smooth green leaves. |
| bean | the name of several kinds of leguminous plants and their seeds; (verb) to strike on the head. |
| beanlike | like a bean. |
| beansprout | the sprout of a newly germinated mung bean, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes. |
| beanstalk | the stem of a bean plant. |
| beet | a plant of the goosefoot family, with a red or white succulent root, used as food (red) and as a source of sugar (white); (verb) to improve or mend, esp. a fire. |
| beetroot | the dark-red root of the beet plant eaten as a vegetable. |
| bendy | another name for OKRA > BENDYS. |
| bhindi | OKRA as used in Indian cookery. |
| boniato | a sweet potato. |
| borecole | a brassicaceous plant of many varieties. [Du. boerenkool, peas cabbage]. |
| borlotti | as in borlotti bean, a kind of kidney bean. No —S. |
| brassica | a cruciferous plant of the genus Brassica, which includes cabbage, turnip, rape, etc. [L. brassica, cabbage]. |
| breadroot | the edible root of a leguminous plant, found near the Rocky Mountains, aka prairie turnip. |
| brinjal | in India, the aubergine or egg-plant. |
| broadbean | a leguminous vegetable. |
| broccoli broccolini brocoli | a plant of the Cabbage species, resembling the cauliflower. |
| cabbage | a vegetable of the Cruciferae family; (verb) to steal or purloin, orig. of tailors who took small pieces of customer's cloth as a perquisite. |
| cabbagy cabbagey | like a cabbage > CABBAGIER, CABBAGIEST |
| calabrese | a variety of sprouting BROCCOLI. |
| calavance caravance | a kind of PULSE. |
| camote | in W. Indies, a yam or sweet potato. |
| canellini cannellini | the white haricot beans used in French and Italian cooking. |
| caravance | see CALAVANCE. |
| carrot | a plant of the Umbelliferae family, having an edible tapering root of a reddish or yellowish colour. |
| carroty | like or tasting of carrot > CARROTIER, CARROTIEST. |
| castock custock | a cabbage stock. |
| cauliflower | a variety of cabbage with a white, closely-packed, flower-head, eaten as a vegetable. |
| celeriac | a vegetable, celery with a turnip-like root. |
| celery | an umbelliferous plant whose blanched leafstalks are eaten cooked or uncooked as a vegetable. |
| celerylike | like celery. |
| chana | in Indian cooking, the CHICKPEA. |
| chard | the edible leafstalk of a variety of white BEET. |
| chayote | a tropical American cucurbitaceous plant, aka CHOKO or CHOCHO; its edible fruit eaten as a vegetable. [Sp. f. Nahuatl chayotli.] |
| chibol cibol ciboule. | a variety of onion, aka spring onion. |
| chich | the chick-pea > CHICHES. |
| chickpea | a dwarf pea grown for food esp. in Asia. |
| chicon | the shoot of the chicory plant, eaten like lettuce. |
| chicory | see CHICON. |
| choko chocho | the fruit of a tropical vine, similar to cucumber and eaten as a vegetable in the W Indies and Australia. |
| chou | a cabbage; an ornamental soft rosette; a cream bun > CHOUX. |
| choucroute | pickled cabbage. |
| cibol | see CHIBOL. |
| ciboule | see CHIBOL. |
| cocco | the TARO or other edible araceous tuber > COCCOS. |
| cocoyam | a tropical tuber. |
| colza | a variety of cabbage cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes. [Du. koolzaad, cabbage seed]. |
| cornichon | a small gherkin. |
| cos | a kind of lettuce > COSES. |
| courgette | a small variety of vegetable marrow, aka ZUCCHINI. |
| cress | a name for many pungent-leaved cruciferous plants of various genera often used as a culinary garnish and in salads. |
| cressy | like CRESS. |
| crisphead | a variety of lettuce. |
| crout | cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, aka SAUERKRAUT. |
| cubanelle | a variety of pepper. |
| cucumber | a climbing plant of the Cucurbitaceae, with bristly lobed leaves and tendrils; its long cylindrical fruit, used as a salad vegetable and pickle. |
| cuke | a cucumber. |
| custock | see CASTOCK. |
| daal | the pigeon pea, a pea-like plant cultivated in India and the tropics. |
| dahl dal dhal dholl | an Indian name for a lentil. |
| daikon | a long white root vegetable similar to a RADISH. |
| dal | see DAHL. |
| dasheen | the TARO, a kind of yam. |
| dhal | see DAHL. |
| dholl | see DHAL. |
| dolichos | a long-podded leguminous plant allied to the HARICOT > DOLICHOSES. [Gk. dolichos, long]. |
| early | an early potato > EARLIES. |
| edamame | a preparation of baby soybeans in the pod commonly found in Japan, China and Korea. |
| eddo | another name for TARO a kind of yam > EDDOES. |
| eggplant | the AUBERGINE. |
| endive | a salad plant of the chicory genus. |
| ervalenta revalenta | lentil-meal. |
| escabeche | pickled vegetables such as onions, carrots, jalapeno peppers and garlic, typically served with fish. |
| escarole | a wavy-leafed salad plant of the ENDIVE family. |
| eschalot shallot shalot | an onion with garlic-flavoured bulbs. |
| fava | a broad bean. |
| fiddlehead fiddleneck | one of the young unfurling fronds of ferns that are sometimes eaten as a vegetable. |
| frijol frijole | the kidney bean > in both cases FRIJOLES not FRIJOLS*. |
| frisee | a variety of curly ENDIVE. |
| garbanzo | a chickpea > GARBANZOS. |
| gherkin girkin | a kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles. |
| gobi | in India, a cabbage or cauliflower. |
| greenstuff | green vegetables. |
| guar | a legume grown for forage and its seeds which yield guar gum. |
| gumbo | another name for OKRA. |
| haricot | a kind of bean or pea. |
| holubtsi | cabbage rolls. |
| horsebean | a variety of broad bean. |
| ingan | an onion. |
| jibbons | Spring onions. No JIBBON*. |
| jicama | an edible starchy tuberous root of a leguminous tropical American vine. |
| kabocha | a Japanese pumpkin or squash. |
| kale | a hardy cabbage-like vegetable. |
| kamokamo kumikumi | (Maori) a kind of marrow found in New Zealand. |
| kohlrabi | a variety of cabbage > KOHLRABIES or KOHLRABIS. |
| kumara kumera | the sweet potato. |
| lablab | a tropical bean with edible pods. |
| leek | a vegetable of the onion genus. |
| legume | the fruit or edible portion of any leguminous plant (bean, pea, etc.) grown for food. |
| lentil | a leguminous annual plant common near the Mediterranean; its small, flattish, round seed, orange or brown, used for food. |
| lettuce | a composite plant with milky juice, or one of many varieties, whose leaves are used for salad. |
| lima | a kind of bean. |
| mandioc manihoc manihot manioc manioca | a plant of the manioc genus whose roots yield a nourishing starch; cassava. |
| mangel mangold | a variety of BEET. |
| mangetout | a type of pea cooked and eaten together with its pod; aka snow peas. |
| mangold | see MANGEL. |
| manihoc | see MANDIOC. |
| manihot | see MANDIOC. |
| manioc | see MANDIOC. |
| manioca | see MANDIOC. |
| marrow | a variety of pumpkin cooked as a vegetable; (verb) to be a companion to. |
| marrowfat | a rich but late variety of pea. |
| melongene | an aubergine. |
| mibuna | a Japanese vegetable of the cabbage family, closely related to MIZUNA. |
| microgreens | the shoots of young salad plants, served as a vegetable dish. |
| mizuna | a variety of lettuce with crisp green leaves. |
| mooli | an E. African vegetable like a radish > MOOLIS. |
| moong | as in moong bean, a kind of bean. |
| murphy | (coll.) a potato. |
| navew | a rape or coleseed with a carrot-shaped root; a wild Swedish turnip. |
| neep | a turnip. |
| oakleaf | a variety of lettuce. |
| okra | a tropical plant of the mallow family, with edible pods. |
| oniony | like an onion > ONIONIER, ONIONIEST. |
| pamphrey | (Irish) a cabbage. |
| parsnep | a parsnip. |
| parsnip | an umbelliferous plant or its edible carrot-like root. |
| pea | the nutritious seed of certain papilionaceous climbing plants. |
| peacod peapod peascod peasecod | the pod of the pea. |
| pealike | like a pea. |
| peapod | see PEACOD. |
| peascod | see PEACOD. |
| peasecod | see PEACOD. |
| petsai | chinese cabbage. |
| piquilio | (Spanish) a variety of sweet red pepper. |
| poblano | a dark green, moderately hot CHILI used in Mexican cooking. |
| pousse | pease. |
| pratie praty | a potato. |
| psoralea | a plant of the bean family. |
| pulse | the seeds of leguminous plants as food collectively, beans, peas, lentils, etc; (verb) to beat, throb. |
| radicchio | a purple-leaved variety of chicory from Italy > RADICCHIOS. |
| radish | a plant of the genus Raphanus; its pungent root, eaten raw as a salad vegetable. |
| rapini | immature turnip plants > RAPINIS. |
| rappini | immature turnip. |
| revalenta | see ERVALENTA. |
| roastie | a roast potato > ROASTIES. |
| rocket | a cruciferous salad plant of Mediterranean origin. |
| romaine | a type of lettuce. |
| romanesco | a type of cauliflower. |
| rounceval | a large variety of garden pea. |
| rucola | see ARUGOLA. |
| rugola | see ARUGOLA. |
| runch | the wild radish. |
| rutabaga | a root vegetable like a swede. [Swed. dialect rotabagge]. |
| saag | in Indian cookery, spinach. |
| salading | herbs and vegetables for salad. |
| salsify | the oyster plant or vegetable oyster, a purple-flowered European composite plant cultivated for its edible root tasting like oysters, and its tender spring shoots boiled like asparagus. |
| sauerkraut | cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt. |
| savoy | a kind of cabbage. |
| scallion | an onion with a slim bulb; a leek. |
| shallot | see ESCHALOT. |
| shalot | see ESCHALOT. |
| smallage | wild celery. |
| soybean | a bean produced by an eastern Asiatic plant. |
| spinach spinage | a plant of the goosefoot family; its young leaves used as a vegetable. |
| spinachy | resembling spinach. |
| spinage | see SPINACH. |
| sprew sprue | a very thin, inferior asparagus. |
| swede | a Swedish turnip, a large buff-flowered, glaucous-leaved kind with yellow flesh. |
| sweetcorn | a sweet variety of maize; the yellow kernels of this, eaten as a vegetable. |
| sybo syboe sybow | a CIBOL, a spring onion > of SYBO is SYBOES. |
| taro | a kind of yam, aka DASHEEN, EDDO > TAROS. |
| tater | a potato. |
| tatie | a potato. |
| tatsoi | (Chinese) a variety of Chinese cabbage. |
| tattie | a potato. |
| tostone | a Mexican dish of fried plantains. |
| tumshie | (Scots) a turnip. [Chambers says 'often humorous': I love the idea of one Scot saying TUMSHIE and all the others falling about laughing: who said the Scots didn't have a sense of humour?] |
| turnip | the swollen edible root of a brassicaceous plant; (verb) to plant with turnips; to feed on turnips > TURNIPS, TURNIPING, TURNIPED. |
| turnipy | like a turnip > TURNIPIER, TURNIPIEST. |
| veg | a vegetable > VEGES; (verb) to laze about, to engage in mindless activity > VEGGES, VEGGED, VEGGING. |
| vegetable | a plant or part of one used for food, other than those considered to be fruits. |
| vidalia | a sweet onion from Vidalia, Georgia. |
| witloof | a kind of CHICORY with white leaves. |
| wurzel | a variety of beet. [Ger. Wurzel, root]. |
| yam | a large tuberous edible root like the potato, grown in tropical countries. |
| zucchini | a courgette > ZUCCHINIS. |