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  2. Edible plant stem - Wikipedia

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    There are also many wild edible plant stems. In North America, these include the shoots of woodsorrel (usually eaten along with the leaves), chickweeds, galinsoga, common purslane, Japanese knotweed, winter cress and other wild mustards, thistles (de-thorned), stinging nettles (cooked), bellworts, violets, amaranth and slippery elm, among many others.

  3. Quasi-solid - Wikipedia

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    Quasi-solid, Falsely-solid, or semisolid is the physical term for something whose state lies between a solid and a liquid.While similar to solids in some respects, such as having the ability to support their own weight and hold their shapes, a quasi-solid also shares some properties of liquids, such as conforming in shape to something applying pressure to it and the ability to flow under pressure.

  4. List of edible seeds - Wikipedia

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    Of the six major plant parts, [n 2] seeds are the dominant source of human calories and protein. [1] A wide variety of plant species provide edible seeds; most are angiosperms, while a few are gymnosperms. As a global food source, the most important edible seeds by weight are cereals, followed by legumes, nuts, [2] then spices.

  5. What Is That?! Photos of the Plants Your Favorite Foods ... - AOL

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    By Locke Hughes You won't believe what some foods look like before they hit your farmers' market. Can you identify these 10 plants and trees that your favorite foods grow on? Check out our ...

  6. Dietary fiber - Wikipedia

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    Dietary fiber is defined to be plant components that are not broken down by human digestive enzymes. [1] In the late 20th century, only lignin and some polysaccharides were known to satisfy this definition, but in the early 21st century, resistant starch and oligosaccharides were included as dietary fiber components.

  7. Edible plants - Wikipedia

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    Edible plants include: List of culinary fruits; List of culinary herbs and spices; List of culinary nuts; List of edible cacti; List of edible flowers; List of edible ...

  8. Lists of foods - Wikipedia

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    Of more than 50,000 edible plant species in the world, only a few hundred contribute significantly to human food supplies. Just 15 crop plants provide 90 percent of the world's food energy intake (exclusive of meat), with rice, maize and wheat comprising two-thirds of human food consumption. These three alone are the staples of over 4 billion ...

  9. Plant-based diet - Wikipedia

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    Food from plants. A plant-based diet is a diet consisting mostly or entirely of plant-based foods. [1] [2] It encompasses a wide range of dietary patterns that contain low amounts of animal products and high amounts of fiber-rich [3] plant products such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, herbs, and spices.