vegetables. a wide variety of veg is available throughout the year, you can buy these in a variety of different forms, e.g tinned, fresh, frozen and dried. vegetables are similar to fruit in structure. vegetables also come in a variety of colours. chlorophyll procides the green colour, anthocyanins provide the purple and red and blue colours, artynoids give the yellow and orange colours.
types of vegetables.
leaves
cabbage, sprouts, spinach, watercress, lettuce, chicory.
fruit
cucumber, marrow, aubergines, peppers, squash
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flowers
cauliflower, broccli, artichoke.
seeds/pods
peas, runner beans, broad beans, french beans
tubers
potatos, sweet potatos, yams
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roots
carrots, beetroot, swede, parsnips, turnips, radishes.