Fruits and Vegetables Vocabulary in English: Words, Examples and Quiz

a round, hard fruit with red, green or yellow skin

I take an apple to work every day.

a long, curved fruit with a yellow skin that you take off

Bananas are good before sports.

a round, sweet fruit with a thick orange skin

Can you peel this orange for me?

a small, round green or purple fruit that grows in bunches

We ate a bunch of grapes in the garden.

a small, soft red fruit with tiny seeds on the outside

Strawberries are best in early summer.

a yellow fruit with a very sour taste

Add some lemon to the salad.

a small green fruit like a lemon, with a sour taste

This drink has lime and mint in it.

a very big fruit with a green skin, red inside and black seeds

Nothing is better than cold watermelon on a hot day.

a big, round fruit with a hard skin and sweet, soft inside

We had melon and cheese for breakfast.

a sweet green or yellow fruit, thin at the top and round at the bottom

This pear is soft and sweet.

a soft, round fruit with a soft orange and red skin and a big seed inside

Peaches are very juicy in July.

a small, soft orange fruit, often eaten dried; some speakers say ⁄ˈeɪprɪkɑːt⁄

My grandmother makes apricot jam every summer.

a small, round, dark red fruit with a long stem and a hard seed

There are cherries on top of the cake.

a small, round purple, red or yellow fruit with a hard seed

These plums are still a bit sour.

a big tropical fruit with a hard, brown skin, sharp leaves on top and yellow inside

We put pineapple in the fruit salad.

a sweet tropical fruit with orange inside and a big flat seed

I love mango in my yogurt.

a soft, sweet fruit full of small seeds, eaten fresh or dried

Fresh figs are only in the shops for a few weeks.

a round red fruit full of many small, juicy red seeds

She put pomegranate seeds on the salad.

a hard, round vegetable that grows under the ground; plural potatoes

Peel the potatoes and boil them for twenty minutes.

a soft, round red fruit that we use like a vegetable; British speakers say ⁄təˈmɑːtəʊ⁄

Slice two tomatoes for the salad.

a long, thin orange vegetable that grows under the ground

Rabbits love carrots.

a round vegetable with a strong smell and taste; it can make you cry when you cut it

First, chop an onion and fry it in oil.

a small white plant with a very strong taste, used in cooking; uncountable

This sauce has a lot of garlic in it.

a long, thin green vegetable that we eat raw in salads

Cut the cucumber into thin slices.

a vegetable with big green leaves, eaten raw in salads

Wash the lettuce well before you eat it.

a big, round vegetable made of thick green, white or purple leaves

My mother cooks cabbage with rice and meat.

a green vegetable that looks like a small tree; uncountable

Kids often don't like broccoli.

a big, hollow red, yellow or green vegetable; British speakers just say pepper

I put red and green bell peppers on the pizza.

a big vegetable with a shiny dark purple skin; in British English, an aubergine

We grilled the eggplant on the barbecue.

a long green vegetable with soft white inside; in British English, a courgette

Fry the zucchini with a little garlic.

a vegetable with dark green leaves, eaten cooked or raw; uncountable

Spinach is good for you.

very small, round green seeds that we cook and eat; one is a pea

Do you want peas or carrots with your fish?

long, thin green vegetables that we cook and eat whole

We had green beans with tomato sauce.

a tall plant with yellow seeds that we cook and eat; in British English, sweetcorn or maize

We bought grilled corn at the beach.

a small white or brown food with a round top and a short stem, eaten like a vegetable

Can I have a mushroom pizza, please?

a big, round orange vegetable with a thick skin

Pumpkin soup is great in the fall.

the soft, sweet part of a plant that we eat, like an apple; usually uncountable

Would you like some fruit after dinner?

a plant or part of a plant that we cook or eat in salads, like a carrot

Try to eat vegetables with every meal.

the outside layer of a fruit or vegetable; also called the peel for oranges and bananas

You can eat the skin of an apple.

a small hard part inside a fruit that a new plant can grow from

Watermelons have lots of black seeds.

the one big hard seed in fruits like peaches and cherries; in British English, a stone

Be careful. There's a pit in the middle of the cherry.

the liquid that comes from fruit, or a drink made from it

I'd like a glass of apple juice.

picked or bought recently, not old, frozen or in a can

These strawberries are fresh from the market.

ready to eat because it has grown enough

The bananas are green. They aren't ripe yet.

with a taste like sugar

This mango is really sweet.

with a sharp taste, like a lemon

Green apples are a little sour.

full of juice, in a nice way

The peaches were so juicy that the juice ran down my hand.

clean something with water

Wash the grapes before you eat them.

take the skin off a fruit or vegetable

Can you peel the potatoes, please?

make something into pieces with a knife

Cut the watermelon in half.

cut something into small pieces

Chop the onion and the garlic.

cut something into thin, flat pieces

Slice the cucumber for the sandwiches.

press something hard to get the juice out

Squeeze half a lemon over the fish.

plant something and look after it so it gets bigger

My parents grow tomatoes in their garden.

take a fruit or flower from the plant

We picked cherries from the tree.