green vegetable
noun
: a vegetable whose foliage or foliage-bearing stalks are the chief edible part
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Foods high in antioxidants, such as berries, nuts, and leafy green vegetables, can provide additional liver support.
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Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2025
Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Any type of green vegetable such as broccoli florets or snow peas can be used instead of green beans.
—Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
Leafy Greens Leafy green vegetables like spinach and kale are good sources of magnesium, potassium, and calcium.
—Amy Brownstein, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
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Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2025
Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Any type of green vegetable such as broccoli florets or snow peas can be used instead of green beans.
—Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
Leafy Greens Leafy green vegetables like spinach and kale are good sources of magnesium, potassium, and calcium.
—Amy Brownstein, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Green vegetable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20vegetable. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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