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tendergreen

tendergreen

9.7
A leafy Asian vegetable with a swollen root that people eat
  • noun
  • Indian
translation icon : mostaza china
  • The farmer's market had fresh tendergreen for sale alongside other leafy vegetables.

Examples

  • They harvested the tendergreens early in the season for use in salads.

  • Have you ever tried tendergreens in a salad?

  • She added chopped tendergreen to the soup for extra flavor and nutrition.

  • I bought some fresh tendergreen from the farmer's market.

  • She added chopped tendergreen to the soup for extra flavor and nutrition.

  • The farmer's market had fresh tendergreen for sale alongside other leafy vegetables.

  • They harvested the tendergreens early in the season for use in salads.

Synonyms

spinach mustard
vstendergreen
6.2

A leafy Asian plant with a swollen root crown that you can eat raw or cooked

focuses equally on root and leaves as a common vegetable
Brassica perviridis
vstendergreen
  • Specialized
8.9

A leafy Asian vegetable with a thick crunchy root grown for cooking

grows both root and leaves and serves as a general vegetable
Brassica rapa perviridis
vstendergreen
  • Specialized
9.1

A leafy green vegetable from Asia that people grow for its edible leaves and use in cooking and salads

is grown for both parts rather than mainly for leaves
Brassica rapa
vstendergreen
  • Specialized
7.7

A plant with a large white or yellow root grown for food

also values its leafy greens not only the large root

Surface Forms

tendergreen singular
tendergreens plural

Morphology

tendergreen = tender + green (transparent) = tender + green

The compound straightforwardly denotes a young/tender green vegetable; learners who know 'tender' and 'green' can infer this meaning.

Etymology

Tendergreen comes from the plain English parts tender ('soft' or 'young') and green ('leafy vegetable'), like the common word greens. So tendergreen means a soft, young green you can eat, which is why it names this edible plant.