The botanical names for the edible vegetable plant parts and some examples of each are:
Fruits-cucumbers, bell peppers, pumpkins,and tomatoes
Flowers-broccoli, cauliflower, and artichokes
Leaves-lettuce, cabbage, onions, and spinach
Roots-carrots, beets, radishes, and parsnips
Seeds-corn, beans, and peas
Tubers-potatoes and yams
Stems-celery, leeks, and rhubarb
Bell pepper
Capsicum annuum
Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris
Cabbage
Brassica oleracea Capitata
Carrot
Daucus carota sativus
Cauliflower
Brassica oleracea Botrytis
Corn
Zea mays
Cucumber
Cucumis sativa
Eggplant
Solanum melongena
Garlic
Allium sativum
Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
Melon
Cucumis melo
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Onion
Allium cepa
Pea
Pisum sativum
Peanut
Arachis hypogaea
Potato
Solanum tuberosum
Pumpkin
Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita maxima
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
Sweet potato
Ipomoea batatas
Tomato
Lycopersicon esculentum
Watermelon
Citrullus lanatus
~ andi fayian 28 ~
Broccoli brassica oleracea
Peas Pisum sativum
Brussel sprouts brassica oleracea
Tomatoes solanum lycopersicum
Red bell peppers capiscum annuum
Beets beta vulgaris
Leaf amaranth amaranthus caudatus
Carrots daucus carota
Lettuce lactuca sativa
Arugula eruca sativa
Thanks to our tax dollars (well-spent in this case, IMHO), you can find all of the 'scientific' (taxonomic) names, and much more here: http://www.itis.gov/ - Chris
Plantae
There are a lot of scientific fruits that are called vegetables such as the tomato, avocado, and many more...
all green vegetables and all fruits
Produce.
we can eat the fruits without cooking
Fruits are reproductive structures in flowering plants. The scientific name is of the plant that produces the fruit, so there is no binomial for just the fruit.
Bahay Kubo is the name of a folk song that name the scientific name of certain vegetables. Some of the vegetables in the song are peanuts, squash and garlic.
Kiwi
ARE YOU DUMB? vegetables and fruits don't have fat
Fiber containing fruits and vegetables
They are fruits, but for culinary purposes are treated as vegetables
Here are some examples:Sugar Maple- Acer saccharumYellowwood- Cladrastis luteaBalsam fir- Abies balsamea
leguminosae