Benincase: nf Benincase is a plant from the Far East (family Cucurbitaceae – Botanical name: Benincasa hispida) whose […]
Vegetables
Belangere
Bélangère: nf The Bélangère is an aubergine from the West Indies, squat, with a purple dress streaked with white (see Aubergine). … […]
Burdock
Burdock: nf Burdock is a large herbaceous plant, of the Asteraceae family, (Botanical name: Arctium lappa), common […]
Common soda
Common soda: locut. Common soda is a plant of the genus Salsola belonging to the Chenopodiaceae family (name […]
Friar's beard
Barba di frate: Barba di frate (Italian words meaning "monk's beard") is a succulent vegetable (family Chenopodiaceae), […]
bamia
Bamia: nm Bamia is a tropical vegetable plant (Malvaceae family – Botanical name: Abelmoschus esculentus) which is […]
Bamboo
Bamboo: nm Bamboo is a common tropical or semi-tropical plant (Poaceae family – Botanical name: Pleioblastus chino), […]
Canna
Heliconia: nm Heliconia is a perennial plant (family Cannaceae – Botanical name: Heliconia caribaea), growing in […]
Azuki (bean)
Azuki (bean): nm The adzuki bean, also written adzuki or aduki or Japanese red bean (Botanical name: Vigna angularis), […]
aurone
Aurone: nf Aurone is a perennial plant (Asteraceae family – Botanical name: Artemisia abrotanum L.), grown as a condiment […]
Aubergine
Eggplant: nf Eggplant is an oblong (or rounded) and purplish fruit of a vegetable plant (family Solanaceae – Botanical name: […]
Maritime aster
Sea Aster: locut. The maritime aster is a perennial wild plant (Asteraceae family — Botanical name: Aster tripolium L.-), living […]
Orache
Orache: nf Orache is a plant with triangular leaves (family Chenopodiaceae – Botanical name: Atriplex hortensis), one species of which […]
Asparagus
Asparagus: nf Asparagus is a perennial monocotyledonous plant (Liliaceae family – Botanical name: Asparagus officinalis), whose underground rhizome […]
abrus precatorius
Abrus precatorius: The abrus prectorius also called "red pea" still called paternoster bean is a climbing shrub […]