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==Key Stage 1==
===Meaning===
'''Vegetables''' are edible any parts of a [[plant]] that do not contain which can be eaten by [[Seed|seeds]], so they are not [[fruithuman]]s.
: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Vegetable'''
: '''Vegetables''' are a very important part of the human diet and you should eat 5 portions of them every day.
: '''Vegetables''' can be the [[root]], [[Leaf|leaves]] or [[Flower|flower]] of a [[plant]].
: [[Edible Fruit|Fruit]] are a type of '''vegetable''' that holds the [[seed]]s of a [[plant]].
===Examples===
|[[File:Broccoli.png|center|200px]]
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|A Radish is a [[Bulb (Biology)|bulb]] that can be eaten.
|A Parsnip is a root '''vegetable'''.
|Broccoli is the flower of a cabbage.
|[[File:Carrot.png|center|200px]]
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|An Onion is a [[Bulb (Biology)|bulb]] that can be eaten.
|Lettuce is the leaves of a plant.
|A carrot is a root '''vegetable''' that grows underground.
===Note for Teachers===
: Many vegetables are also types of fruit are mislabeled as vegetables. Fruit is specifically the part containing seeds (the ovary of the plant) but a vegetable is any edible part of the plant. You may wish to either highlight or avoid these depending on the abilities of individual students. The following are examples of fruit vegetables that are often mistakenly called vegetablesalso technically fruit:
: Tomato, Peppers, Cucumber, Aubergine, Pumpkin, Marrow, Courgette, Chili.
: Mushrooms are often mistaken for vegetables which also leads children to falsely identify them as a plant. They are in fact a fungus.