Vegetables Word Search
A free Vegetables word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: BROCCOLI, CARROT, POTATO, TOMATO, SPINACH, LETTUCE, CUCUMBER, ONION, GARLIC, PEPPER, CABBAGE, CELERY.
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Vegetables word list, defined
- BROCCOLI /ˈbrɒkəli/ (British); /ˈbrɑːkəli/ (US) · noun
- A green vegetable of the cabbage family (Brassica oleracea var. italica), eaten for its dense cluster of immature flower buds on thick edible stalks; also the plant itself. Related: calabrese, sprouting cabbage.
- CARROT /ˈkærət/ · noun
- A tapered orange root vegetable of the plant Daucus carota, eaten raw or cooked; also, figuratively, a reward or incentive offered to persuade someone to do something. Related: root vegetable.
- POTATO /pəˈteɪtoʊ/ · noun
- A starchy edible tuber that grows underground and is the root vegetable of the potato plant. The word can also refer to the plant itself. Related: spud, tuber.
- TOMATO /təˈmeɪtoʊ/ (US); /təˈmɑːtəʊ/ (British) · noun
- A soft, juicy fruit of the tomato plant, typically red when ripe and eaten raw or cooked. The word can also refer to the plant that produces this fruit. Related: love apple.
- SPINACH /ˈspɪnɪtʃ/ · noun
- Spinach is an edible leafy plant whose dark green leaves are commonly cooked or eaten raw. The term can also refer to the leaves themselves, which are rich in nutrients and commonly used in salads, soups, and cooked dishes. Related: leafy green, spinach leaves, greens.
- LETTUCE /ˈlɛtɪs/ · noun
- A cultivated plant with large, tender leaves that are eaten raw or in salads. The term also refers to the leaves themselves. Related: salad greens, leafy greens, greens, cos lettuce.
- CUCUMBER /ˈkjuːkʌmbə(r)/ · noun
- A long, green-skinned fruit of the gourd family, eaten raw as a salad vegetable, or the climbing annual plant (Cucumis sativus) that bears it. Related: gherkin.
- ONION /ˈʌn.jən/ · noun
- A bulbous plant with a pungent, layered bulb used as a vegetable and seasoning. The word can also refer to the plant itself or to an onion-like member of the genus Allium. Related: bulb, allium, vegetable, shallot.
- GARLIC British /ˈɡɑːlɪk/; American /ˈɡɑːrlɪk/ · noun
- Garlic is the pungent, aromatic bulb of the plant Allium sativum, composed of separate cloves and widely used as a seasoning and ingredient. The word can also refer to the flowering plant itself.
- PEPPER /ˈpɛpər/ · noun and verb
- Pepper is a pungent spice made from the dried berries of certain tropical climbing plants, especially black pepper. By extension, it can refer to related plants and their fruits, including sweet bell peppers and hot chillies; as a verb, it means to season with pepper or, figuratively, to enliven or bombard someone with questions or criticism. Related: chilli, spice, seasoning, season.
- CABBAGE /ˈkæbɪdʒ/ · noun
- A leafy garden plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) with dense heads of edible leaves, eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable. Informally, the word can also mean money or a person who is mentally dull. Related: brassica, colewort, greens.
- CELERY /ˈsɛləri/ · noun
- A cultivated plant of the parsley family with crisp, ribbed leafstalks that are eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable; also, the stalks themselves when used as food.
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