What Are Vegetables What is a vegetable A vegetable is a part of a plant that you can eat Some vegetables are leaves such as spinach and lettuce A potato is a root So are carrots Celery comes from a plant’s stem Broccoli is actually a flower bud 4
5 Carrots and leeks are roots of the plant
What vegetables are really fruits Q 6 Cucumbers are actually fruits
What is the difference between vegetables and fruits There are two big things The first is that vegetables come from many different parts of a plant A fruit is only the part of a plant that covers the seeds The second is how they taste Veggies are savory Fruits are sweet A Tomatoes pumpkins olives and cucumbers They cover the seeds of the plant 7
