#vegetable  any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
  supertype:  herbaceous_plant__herb  a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
  subtype:  common_beet__beet__Beta_vulgaris  biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
     subtype:  beetroot__Beta_vulgaris_rubra  beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption
     subtype:  chard_plant__chard__swisschard__spinach_beet__spinachbeet__leafbeet__Beta_vulgaris_cicla  beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
     subtype:  mangold-wurzel__mangoldwurzel__mangel-wurzel__mangold__betavulgarisvulgari  beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed
     subtype:  sugar_beet.common_beet__sugarbeet  form of the common beet having a sweet white root from which sugar is obtained
  subtype:  prickly-seeded_spinach__spinach__spinachplant__Spinacia_oleracea  southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
  subtype:  artichoke_plant__artichokeplant__artichoke__globe_artichoke__globeartichoke__Cynara_scolymus  Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
  subtype:  Cynara_cardunculus__cardoon  southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots

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