leafy vegetable
Kale or spinach
A leafy vegetable is an edible plant whose leaves are the primary part consumed: lettuce, spinach, kale, chard, cabbage.
Distinguished from vegetables eaten for their roots, fruits, or seeds.
Leafy vegetables are rich in vitamins and fiber.
Also called leafy greens or simply greens.
- spinachEdible dark green leaves
- baby spinachYoung salad greens
- kaleLoose-leafed cabbage relative
- lettuceLeafy salad vegetable
- butter lettuceTender-leaved salad green
salad greens · collard greens · bok choy · Swiss chard · callaloo · parsley · mustard greens · radicchio · mizuna · dandelion greens · leafy greens · arugula · watercress · endive · mesclun · sorrel · iceberg lettuce · romaine lettuce
nutrient density profile
leafy vegetablepotato
Edible underground tuber
sweet potato · corn · winter squash · yam · cassava