green vegetable: meaning, definition, pronunciation and examples

Botanically, a cucumber is a fruit. In everyday culinary contexts, it is often treated as a vegetable, but it is not typically labelled a 'green vegetable' in the same dietary sense as leafy greens (spinach) or florets (broccoli). It's more often called a 'salad vegetable'.

'Greens' usually refers specifically to leafy green vegetables (like spinach, kale, lettuce). 'Green vegetables' is a broader term that includes both leafy greens and other green parts like florets (broccoli), pods (green beans), and stalks (asparagus).

Yes, but less commonly. It is used when referring to a single type or instance (e.g., 'Spinach is a green vegetable'). When talking about them as a food group or on a plate, the plural 'green vegetables' is standard (e.g., 'Eat your green vegetables').

Yes, green bell peppers are commonly included under the umbrella term 'green vegetables', though they are technically a fruit/berry. In nutritional guidance, they are valued for their vitamin C and fibre content.

A general term for any leafy or non-leafy vegetable that is green in colour and eaten as food.

Green vegetable is usually neutral to informal; common in everyday, culinary, dietary, and health contexts. in register.

Green vegetable: in British English it is pronounced /ˌɡriːn ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/, and in American English it is pronounced /ˌɡriːn ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/. Tap the audio buttons above to hear it.