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Cucumber (Cucumis sativus).

Unshelled peas.

Are frozen vegetables less nutritious than fresh ones?

shopping for vegetables

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Ripe red tomatoes (Solanum) and green tomato on plant. Fruit vegetable tomato

Is a Tomato a Fruit or a Vegetable?

Buddha bowl - vegetarian meal - tofu spinach carrots chickpeas radish tomatoes cucumber cabbage

Pro and Con: Vegetarianism

Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil

Do Plants Feel Pain?

Feed corn ready for harvest after drying in the field, Kings Hill County, Virginia. Agriculture food grain cereal corncob

18 Food Crops Developed in the Americas

Women cutting and onion, cooking, vegetables

Why Do Onions Make You Cry?

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Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

Portrait of a mountain gorilla at a short distance. gorilla close up portrait.The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)

Falling Stars: 10 of the Most Famous Endangered Species

Germans from East and West stand on the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the November 10, 1989, photo, one day after the wall opened.

Timeline of the 1980s

Big beaver gnawing on limb at river's edge

6 Animal Species that Mate for Life

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Periodical Cicada, Adult, Magicicada spp. Requires 17 years to complete development. Nymph splits its skin, and transforms into an adult. Feeds on sap of tree roots. Northern Illinois Brood. This brood is the largest emergence of cicadas anywhere

Why Do Some Cicadas Appear Only Every 17 Years?

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Safe to Eat Project: 21.29% vegetable, fruit samples yield pesticide residues above permissible levels • May 10, 2025, 9:05 AM ET (The Hindu)

Photos and Videos

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus).

Unshelled peas.

shopping for vegetables

Vegetable farm on Pok Toi Chau (Lamma Island).

Are frozen vegetables less nutritious than fresh ones?

See the decomposing of various fruits and vegetables

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