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This is a list of plants that have a culinary role as vegetables. "Vegetable" can be used in several senses, including culinary, botanical and legal. This list includes botanical fruits such as pumpkins, and does not include herbs, spices, cereals and most culinary fruits and culinary nuts. Edible fungi are not included in this list.
orange pigments . α-Carotene – to vitamin A carrots, pumpkins, maize, tangerine, orange.; β-Carotene – to vitamin A dark, leafy greens, red, orange and yellow fruits and vegetables.
Asparagus was grown by British immigrants as well; in 1685, one of William Penn's advertisements for Pennsylvania included asparagus in a long list of crops that grew well in the American climate. [51] The points d'amour ("love tips") were served as a delicacy to Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764). [52]
Which fruits and vegetables are highest in pesticides? The EWG found that 99% of strawberry samples (most recently tested in 2015-16) had detectable residues of at least one pesticide, earning the ...
Popular fruits and vegetables have traces of pesticides that could be harmful to health, Consumer Reports warns. ... 65 of the 100 samples with the highest pesticide risk levels were imported ...
Most adults in the U.S. aren't eating enough fiber. Start with high-fiber vegetables to get more in your diet. Learn why experts love these fiber-rich veggies.
Purine is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound that consists of two rings (pyrimidine and imidazole) fused together. It is water-soluble. Purine also gives its name to the wider class of molecules, purines, which include substituted purines and their tautomers. They are the most widely occurring nitrogen-containing heterocycles in nature. [1]
Perennial vegetables are vegetables that can live for more than two years. Some well known perennial vegetables from the temperate regions of the world include asparagus , artichoke and rhubarb . In the tropics, cassava and taro are grown as vegetables, and these plants can live many years.