Any vegetable used as a flavor base for cooking, usually by sweating or sautéeing. Carrots, onions, garlic, peppers, and celery are often used for this purpose.

A nonreproductive cell; any cell that is not involved in the production of gametes.

(embryology) The hemisphere of the blastula opposite to the animal pole comprising large yolk cells dividing at a slower rate that eventually differentiate into the extraembryonic membranes.

A small garden, attached to a house, where vegetables, herbs and fruit are grown for household use; sometimes includes cold frames and greenhouses.

Diplazium esculentum; an edible fern found throughout Asia and Oceania.

plural of vegetable garden

(chemistry, obsolete) A crystalline growth of an arborescent form.

An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. / Linen cloth coated with india rubber.

The leaf of a plant used as an edible vegetable, such as lettuce, spinach, or rocket.

plural of sea vegetable