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verdura — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • greenery noun Green plants, foliage, or vegetation.
  • greens noun Leafy green vegetables eaten as food.
  • vegetable noun A plant, or part of a plant, grown to be eaten — such as the leaves, roots, or stems — that isn't classified as a fruit, grain, herb, or spice.
  • veggie noun An informal word for a vegetable.

Senses

verdura is used for these senses in English:

  • greenery Green foliage or verdure.
  • greens Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.
  • vegetable A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.
  • vegetable (figuratively, derogatory) A person whose brain (or, infrequently, whose body) has been damaged to the point that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state.
  • veggie (informal) A vegetable.

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