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Holus (genitive: holeris, n).
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What vegetable gets its name from the Latin for flowered cabbage?
Cauliflower
What vegetable originally came from a Latin American country?
Tomato (Mexico).
Is there a vegetable named after a color?
carrot is Latin for orange, so yes
What language does the word vegetable originate from?
"Vegetable" is of Latin origin. The Late Latin adjective vegetabilis meant "invigorating; enlivening" (from the verb vegetare, "to invigorate"). The word came into English via French, where it had the meaning "growing; flourishing".
What vegetable is named after a latin word meaning large pearl?
Onion Comes from Latin unio, unionis - large pearl.
What vegetable's name means large pearl?
Latin for onion means "large pearl".
Once known as Italian asparagus what vegetable gets its more common name from the Latin for branch?
Broccoli
Where did the vegetable collar greens get its name?
Its Collard Greens, and it gets its name from the latin word "Colla" which means leafy green
What is the origin of the word opium?
Latin opium, from Greek opion: "poppy juice, poppy," derived from opos: "vegetable juice."
What is a black salsify?
A black salsify is a perennial member of the sunflower family, Latin name Scorzonera hispanica, which is cultivated as a root vegetable.
Where did the term vegetable originate?
It comes, ultimately, from the PIE root *weg- meaning "be strong, lively".How it came to mean something that isn't normally known for being either strong or lively is through a chain of Latin words with subtly different meanings from vegere "active" through Medievel Latin vegetabilis "growing" and then to Old French vegetable "living, fit to live".
Is Vegetable Au Gratin a French dish?
No, it is Latin. It has a French name because it is very popular in Garconeria le Riviera, near the French Riviera, Cannes.
