green vegetable
noun
: a vegetable whose foliage or foliage-bearing stalks are the chief edible part
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Like other dark, leafy green vegetables, beet greens contain nitrates and are high in beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin.
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Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 30 May 2025
These foods, such as leafy green vegetables, nuts, and seeds, provide essential vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber that support overall health and well-being.5
Focus on consuming a variety of high- and low-oxalate foods.
—Roxana Ehsani, Health, 21 May 2025
Include dark, leafy green vegetables, such as kale, spinach, and romaine lettuce.
—Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2025
Vitamin A is more effective when consumed through dietary sources, including animal products like eggs, dairy products and fish, and plants like orange and yellow fruits and vegetables, and leafy green vegetables.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
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Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 30 May 2025
These foods, such as leafy green vegetables, nuts, and seeds, provide essential vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber that support overall health and well-being.5
Focus on consuming a variety of high- and low-oxalate foods.
—Roxana Ehsani, Health, 21 May 2025
Include dark, leafy green vegetables, such as kale, spinach, and romaine lettuce.
—Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2025
Vitamin A is more effective when consumed through dietary sources, including animal products like eggs, dairy products and fish, and plants like orange and yellow fruits and vegetables, and leafy green vegetables.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for green vegetable
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“Green vegetable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20vegetable. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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