Introduction to vegetables
- Vegetables are usually known woody herbaceous plant that may be eaten raw or cooked during the main part of a meal. They are usually grown on small plots and are often irrigated.
- Vegetables are important sources of many nutrients, including potassium, dietary fiber, folate (folic acid), vitamin A, and vitamin C. Diets rich in potassium may help to maintain healthy blood pressure.
- There are at least four definitions relating to fruits and vegetables:
- Fruit (botany): the ovary of a flowering plant (sometimes including accessory structures),
- Fruit (culinary): any edible part of a plant with a sweet flavor,
- Vegetable (culinary): any edible part of a plant with a savory flavor.
- Vegetable (legal): commodities that are taxed as vegetables in a particular jurisdiction
- Amaranth foliage is used as a vegetable and as an animal food especially in the tropics and subtropics. It is an excellent source of bio-available iron, and vitamin A. It is also high in protein.
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