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Vegetables are edible parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. This original meaning is still commonly used, and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible p
Vegetables separated with baskets in a market in the Philippines
An arrangement of fruits commonly thought of as culinary vegetables, including corn (maize), tomatoes, and various squash
Southeast Asian-style stir-fried Ipomoea aquatica in chili and sambal
Vegetables (and some fruit) for sale on a street in Guntur, India
Tomato
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The tomato is a plant whose fruit is an edible berry that is eaten as a vegetable. The tomato is a member of the nightshade family that includes tobacco, potato, and chili peppers. It originated from
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…and seeds. An alternative definition is applied somewhat arbitrarily, often by culinary and cultural tradition; it may include savoury fruits such as tomatoes and squash, flowers such as broccoli, and seeds such as pulses, but exclude foods derived from some plants that are fruits, flowers, nuts, and cereal…
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Solanum lycopersicum var. lycopersicum: one of the oldest surviving tomato specimens. Page from the En Tibi Herbarium, 1558. Naturalis Leiden.
Soon after Hernán Cortés arrived in Mexico (portrayed here) and his conquest of the Aztecs, the tomato was brought to Europe in the Columbian exchange.
The San Marzano is a well-known plum tomato highly prized for making pizza.