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DefinitionVolvariella volvacea (also known as paddy straw mushroom or straw mushroom) is a species of edible mushroom cultivated throughout East and Southeast Asia and used extensively in Asian cuisines. They are often available fresh in regions they...
DefinitionWafer ash is a shrub common to America, growing most abundantly west of the Alleghenies in sandy moist places and edges of woods and also in...
DefinitionWahoo in botany is a name of American Indian origin, most commonly applied to a large shrub, or small tree, 6–25 ft. tall native to North...
DefinitionWasabi is a plant closely related to cabbages and horseradish and is a member of the Brassicaceae family in taxonomic classification. It is commonly known as Japanese horseradish, although...
DefinitionThe water chestnut, known in India as “Paniphal” or “Singhara” in the Hindu language, is a food native to China and is quite common in Chinese households. It...
DefinitionWater Plantain scientifically known as Alisma plantago-aquatica is an aquatic or semi-aquatic plant belonging to the family Alismataceae. Water-plantain is quite different from regular plantain, which...
DefinitionWater smartweed is a perennial plant that adapts an aquatic life and blooms in the water and is abandoned on land. It is widespread in the...
DefinitionWater smartweed is a perennial plant that adapts an aquatic life and blooms in the water and is abandoned on land. It is widespread in the...
Watercress, known officially as Nasturtium officinale, belongs to the brassicaceae family of plants. Kale, cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, and arugula also belong to this group and are botanical cousins of watercress....
DefinitionWax Gourd/Benincasa hispida, the wax gourd, also called ash gourd, white gourd, winter gourd, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin, winter melon, Chinese preserving melon, and (Alu) Puhul, is a vine grown for its very large fruit, eaten as a vegetable when...
DefinitionAllium fistulosum, the Welsh onion, also commonly called bunching onion, long green onion, Japanese bunching onion, and spring onion is a species of a perennial plant, often considered to be a kind...
