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This page is a sortable table of plants used as herbs and/or spices.This includes plants used as seasoning agents in foods or beverages (including teas), plants used for herbal medicine, and plants used as incense or similar ingested or partially ingested ritual components.
Plants detect neighbors by means other than well-established communicative signals including volatile chemicals, light detection, direct contact and root signaling. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Because sound waves travel efficiently through soil and can be produced with minimal energy expenditure, plants may use sound as a means for interpreting their ...
Root vegetables are underground plant parts eaten by humans or animals as food. In agricultural and culinary terminology, the term applies to true roots such as taproots and tuberous roots as well as non-roots such as bulbs , corms , rhizomes , and stem tubers .
The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable closely related to carrot and parsley, all belonging to the flowering plant family Apiaceae. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual . Its long taproot has cream-colored skin and flesh, and, left in the ground to mature, becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts .
Horseradish sauce made from grated horseradish root and vinegar is a common condiment in the United Kingdom, in Denmark (with sugar added) and in Poland. [30] In the UK, it is usually served with roast beef, often as part of a traditional Sunday roast , but can be used in a number of other dishes, including sandwiches or salads.
Sium sisarum, commonly known as skirret, [1] is a perennial plant of the family Apiaceae sometimes grown as a root vegetable. The English name skirret is derived from the Middle English 'skirwhit' or 'skirwort', meaning 'white root'. In Scotland it is known as crummock and in Irish cearrachán.
Lotus root The edible portion is a stem modified for underwater growth. Buds and branches are visible on the vegetable sold as lotus root. Potato The edible portion is a rhizome (an underground stem) that is also a tuber. The "eyes" of the potato are lateral buds. Potatoes come in white, yellow, orange, or purple-colored varieties. Sugar cane
Sumac – any one of approximately 250 species of flowering plants in the genus Rhus and related genera, in the family Anacardiaceae. [41] Tamarind – tree in the family Fabaceae indigenous to tropical Africa. Tasmanian pepper – Tasmannia is a genus of woody, evergreen flowering plants of the family Winteraceae.