Meaning of leavy greens | Babel Free

Definitions

Rare form of leafy greens.

form-of, plural, plural-only, rare

Examples

““We used to serve⟳ 1,400 pounds of spinach a week and the men threw out half of it.” said Lieut. E. J. Anspach, Jr. “Now we have⟳ cut⟳ out not only spinach but practically all leavy greens.””

“Equipment used for this purpose includes revolving or vibrating coarse screens to remove⟳ sand from spinach and other leavy greens and dirt clods from root vegetables, roller conveyors to separate⟳ leaves from tree fruits, and air cleaners to remove⟳ loose husks and leaves from corn and vines from green beans and peas.”

“Vegetables are supremely important in Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Those ancient cultures have⟳ developed many subtly varying strains of food plants; leavy greens that cook⟳ quickly, spicy roots, pungent herbs, multipurpose cabbages.”

“The house salad is primarily dark leavy greens garnished with yellow cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices and forgettable chopped black California olives; […]”

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