leafy vegetable meaning

Definition of leafy vegetable

1. any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

   Synonyms: greens, green

   Type of: vegetable

   Kinds: chop-suey greens, sprout, beet green, chard, salad green, dandelion green, lamb's-quarter, wild spinach, turnip greens, sorrel, French sorrel, spinach

leafy vegetable in a sentence

• Foods rich in vitamin E include dark-green, leafy vegetables, beans, nuts and whole-grain cereals.

How to pronounce leafy vegetable

leafy vegetable is pronounced /ˈliːfi ˈvɛdʒtəbəl/ in British English and /ˈlifi ˈvɛdʒtəbəl/ in American English. It has 5 syllables.