About Veggies
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What vegetables are -
Classification of vegetables:
Using the many different definitions in the literature, I have developed the following working definition of a vegetable to help me understand what I am working with:
"a vegetable is any plant part consumed for food including its roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds but also includes mature fruits eaten as part of a meal, such as tomatoes.
I have used this approach to divide vegetables into six categories:
1 - Flowers, 2 - Leafy, 3 - Pods, 4 - Roots, 5 - Stems, 6- Flowers.
Examples are shown in the pictures below:
Vegetables can be classified as follows:
1.Fruits (Those which when mature are eaten as part of a meal):
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Tomatoes
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Cucumbers
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Eggplants
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Peppers
2. Leafy vegetables:
![](/application/files/thumbnails/stuart_square/7016/2495/2316/Lettuce_harvest_IMG_3530.jpg)
Lettuce
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Spinach
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Cabbage
3. Pods (encapsulate seeds)
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Beans
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Peas
4. Roots
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Carrots
![](/application/files/thumbnails/stuart_square/9816/3918/8432/Bed_B_WW_4_beetroot_harvested_IMG_5055.jpg)
Beetroot
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Radish
5. Stems
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Broccoli
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Celery
6. Flowers
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Artichokes
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Broccoli