5.2.3.1 Food from plants

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Related domains: 
1.5 Plant
OMC Codes: 
137h Crops and vegetables
  • What words refer to plants that can be eaten?
    edible plants
  • What words refer to a person (or animal) who only eats plants?
    vegetarian

    • 5.2.3.1.1 Food from seeds

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  • What general words refer to seeds that are eaten?
    seed, grain, cereal, bean, legume, nut,
  • What types of grain are eaten?
    rice, wheat, corn, maize, barley, sesame, millet, sorghum, oat,
  • What types of nuts are eaten?
    peanut, groundnut, cashew, walnut, almond, cola nut, palm nut, coconut, cocoa nut
  • What types of beans are eaten?
    green bean, lima bean, kidney bean, pea, cowpea, soybean
  • What other types of seeds are eaten?
    cottonseed, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds

    • 5.2.3.1.2 Food from fruit

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    Louw Nida Codes: 
    3D Fruit Parts of Plants
  • What types of fruit are eaten?
    apple, apricot, avocado, banana, berry, blueberry, breadfruit, carob, citrus, cranberry, date, fig, flaxseed, grape, grapefruit, hayseed, jackfruit, legume, lemon, lime, linseed, mango, olive, orange, papaya, passion fruit, pea, peach, pear, pineapple, plantain, plum, prune, raisin, raspberry, strawberry, tomato

    • 5.2.3.1.3 Food from vegetables

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  • What types of vegetables are eaten?
    vegetable, tomato, leek, squash, carrot, beans, greens, spinach, cabbage, lettuce, eggplant, okra, pumpkin, cucumber, red pepper, green pepper, cassava leaf
  • What types of gourds are eaten?
    gourd, pumpkin, squash, eggplant

    • 5.2.3.1.4 Food from leaves

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  • What types of leaves are eaten?
    leafy vegetable, salad, lettuce, cabbage, spinach, pumpkin leaves, cowpea leaves
  • What types of stems are eaten?
    sugarcane, rhubarb, celery

    • 5.2.3.1.5 Food from roots

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  • What types of roots are eaten?
    potato, sweet potato, carrot, onion, beet, cassava, yam, ginger