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  2. Lettuce - Wikipedia

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    Lettuce ( Lactuca sativa) is an annual plant of the family Asteraceae. It is most often grown as a leaf vegetable, but sometimes for its stem and seeds. Lettuce is most often used for salads, although it is also seen in other kinds of food, such as soups, sandwiches and wraps; it can also be grilled. [ 3]

  3. List of food origins - Wikipedia

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    List of food origins. Some foods have always been common in every continent, such as many seafood and plants. Examples of these are honey, ants, mussels, crabs and coconuts. Nikolai Vavilov initially identified the centers of origin for eight crop plants, subdividing them further into twelve groups in 1935. [ 1]

  4. Green tea - Wikipedia

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    Steeping, or brewing, is the process of making tea from leaves and hot water, generally using 2 grams (0.071 oz) of tea per 100 millilitres (3.5 imp fl oz; 3.4 US fl oz) of water or about 1 teaspoon of green tea per 150 millilitres (5.3 imp fl oz; 5.1 US fl oz) cup. Steeping temperatures range from 61 °C (142 °F) to 87 °C (189 °F) and ...

  5. Turmeric - Wikipedia

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    Turmeric (/ ˈ t ɜːr m ər ɪ k, ˈ tj uː-/), [2] [3] (botanical name Curcuma longa (/ ˈ k ɜːr k j ʊ m ə ˈ l ɒ ŋ ɡ ə /), [4] [5]) is a flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae.It is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that requires temperatures between 20 and 30 °C (68 and 86 °F) and high annual rainfall to ...

  6. Broccoli - Wikipedia

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    Broccoli is an annual plant which can grow up to 60–90 cm (20–40 in) tall. [ 11] Broccoli is very similar to cauliflower, but unlike it, its floral buds are well-formed and clearly visible. [further explanation needed] The inflorescence grows at the end of a central, thick stem and is dark green. Violet, yellow or even white heads have been ...

  7. Carrot - Wikipedia

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    The carrot ( Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, typically orange in color, though heirloom variants including purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, [ 2][ 3][ 4] all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, Daucus carota, native to Europe and Southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Iran and ...

  8. Coffee bean - Wikipedia

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    Coffee bean. A coffee bean is a seed from the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit. This fruit is often referred to as a coffee cherry, and like the cherry, it is a fruit with a pit. Even though the coffee beans are not technically beans, they are referred to as such because of their resemblance ...

  9. Bean - Wikipedia

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    Bean. Bean pods on a plant. Bean plant. A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. [ 1] They can be cooked in many different ways, [ 2] including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes throughout the world.