all

Inherited from Latin allium. Compare Occitan alh, French ail, Spanish ajo.


col

From Latin coagulum. Doublet of quall and coàgul, a borrowing.

(Pallars) wild cardoon (used as a coagulating agent in cheesemaking)


rave

Inherited from Old Catalan rave, from Latin raphănus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥάφανος (rháphanos). The medieval plural ravens (with retention of etymological /n/) survives in western Catalan dialects and Valencian.

(figurative) trifle (thing of little importance or worth)


verdolaga

Borrowed from Mozarabic *bardiláqa, from Latin portulāca, with influence from verd.


pataca

Variant form of patata, from Spanish patata.


batata

Ipomoea batatas
Ipomoea batatas#Translingual


porro

→ Spanish: porro

Inherited from Old Catalan porro~porre, from Latin porrum.


verdura

From verd + -ura or Vulgar Latin *virdūra.


pastanaga

Inherited from Latin pastināca (“root, carrot”).


bleda

From Latin bēta, by contamination of blitum.

a type of vegetable, Beta vulgaris var. vulgaris, which yields beetroot and chard


remolatxa

Probably from Italian ramolaccio (“(horse)radish”).

beetroot, a type of vegetable, Beta vulgaris var. crassa


escarola

Borrowed from Italian scarola, from Late Latin ēscāriola.


endívia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin endivia, from Late Latin intibus. Probably ultimately from a Semitic source.


coliflor

cauliflower coral mushroom (Ramaria botrytis)


ocra

From a West African language, perhaps via English okra.


nyam

Probably from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. Compare Spanish ñame.


moniato

Borrowed from Spanish moniato, a variant of boniato.

the sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas)


pebre

Inherited from Latin piperem, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from an Indo-Aryan language.

pepper (a spice prepared from the dried berries of the pepper plant)


fonoll

Inherited from Old Catalan fenoll~fenoyll, from Late Latin fēnuculum, alteration of Latin fēniculum, diminutive of fēnum (“herb”). Compare Occitan fenolh, French fenouil, Spanish hinojo.


xucrut

Borrowed from French choucroute, from Alemannic German sürkrüt.


cogombre

Inherited from Latin cucumis, cucumerem. Compare Occitan cocombre and cogombre or French concombre.


cogombret

From cogombre (“cucumber”) + -et (“diminutive suffix”).


creixen

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krasjon- or a related pre-Roman root.

Nasturtium officinale
Nasturtium officinale#Translingual


morella

Inherited from Latin mōrāria, from mōrus (“mulberry tree”).

Solanum nigrum
Solanum nigrum#Translingual


carabassa

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly non-Indo-European. From the reconstructed term *carapaccia (or *calapaccia: compare Spanish calabaza and Portuguese cabaça), denoting the envelope or shell of certain plants and animals. See also clàpet. First attested in 1272.


pèsol

→ Spanish: pésol

Inherited from Latin pisulum, diminutive of pisum (“pea”).


llentilla

Inherited from Old Catalan *lentiyla (plural attested as lentiyles), from Vulgar Latin *lenticla (compare Occitan lentilha, French lentille, Spanish lenteja), syncopated form of Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns. Compare lentícula, a borrowed doublet.


bleda-rave

Beta vulgaris
Beta vulgaris#Translingual


enciam

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *incīsāmen, collective of incīsum, from incīdō (“to cut into”).


lletuga

Inherited from Latin lactūca. (Compare Occitan lachuga, French laitue, Spanish lechuga, Italian lattuga, Portuguese leituga, Romanian lăptucă).


carxofa

From Andalusian Arabic خَرْشُوفَة (*ḵaršúfa), from Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf, “artichoke”). Compare Italian carciofo and Spanish alcachofa.


albergínia

→ Basque: alberjinia

→ French: aubergine (see there for further descendants)

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the eggplant”), from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant”).

bor+

اَلْبَاذِنْجَان


tomaca

→ Spanish: tumaca

Borrowed from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, influenced by pataca, a variant of patata (“potato”).


canonge

Inherited from Latin canonicus, from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós). Doublet of canònic.


bròquil

cauliflower, broccoflower (certain varieties of cauliflower)


bròquil blanc

ca-noun

bròquil blanc m (plural bròquils blancs)


bròcoli

Coordinate term: bròquil


espàrrec

From Latin sparagus, asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).


blat de moro

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LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-blat de moro.wav

El gra més utilitzat en aquests moments per obtenir etanol és el blat de moro, especialment als EUA (pàgina 426).

2008, Miquel Pujol i Palol, Les plantes cultivades. 1. Cereals, →ISBN, page 23:

The most used grain right now for getting ethanol is corn, especially in the US (page 426).

corn (maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays)


mongeta

(by extension) The seed of various other leguminous plants, especially those cultivated for human consumption.


fesol

Inherited from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phaselus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos), from a pre-Greek word.


vellut

Inherited from Late Latin villūtus, derived from Latin villus (“tuft of hair”).

Amaranthus tricolor
Amaranthus tricolor#Translingual

(in the plural) edible amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor)


escalivada

→ Spanish: escalivada

a traditional dish from Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia and Aragon of smoky grilled vegetables


garrofa

Borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوبَة (ḵarrūba).


espinac

From Andalusian Arabic إسبناخ (*ispinâḫ), from Persian اسفناج (esfanâj, esfenâj). Cognate to Spanish espinaca.


col de Brussel·les

ca-noun

col de Brussel·les f (plural cols de Brussel·les)


alficòs

→ Spanish: alficós (Valencian Spanish)


fesolet

cowpea, black-eyed pea (Vigna unguiculata)


all de bruixa

[ˈaʎ də ˈβɾu.ʃə]

[ˈaʎ də ˈbɾu.ʃə]

Allium ursinum
Allium ursinum#Translingual


xirivia

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic / Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā, “caraway”) (because viewed as a plant caraway and parsnip are similar, of the same subfamily, Apioideae).

Coordinate term: pastanaga


bitxo

From vitx, dialectal plural form of vit (“penis”). The plural form was taken for a singular and gave rise to a new plural form, vitxos. The singular form bitxo was created from this via back-formation and respelled in accordance with the Catalonian merger of /v/ and /b/.


tirabec

Spanish: tirabeque

Verb-object compound, composed of tira (“to pull”) + bec (“beak”), a reference to the elongated shape of the pods.


salsifí

Tragopogon porrifolius
Tragopogon porrifolius#Translingual

Scorzonera hispanica
Scorzonera hispanica#Translingual

salsify (the root of the oyster plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) or the black salsify (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, syn. Scorzonera hispanica) when eaten as a vegetable)


xítxero

Borrowed from Mozarabic číčaro, from Latin cicer (“chickpea”). Cognate with Spanish chícharo.


xicoira

Inherited from Latin cichoria, plural of cichorium, a borrowing of Ancient Greek κιχόριον (kikhórion). The initial x is most like due to the influence of Mozarabic. Compare Spanish chicoria.


morritort d'aigua

ca-noun

morritort d'aigua m (plural morritorts d'aigua)


porradell

Allium ampeloprasum
Allium ampeloprasum#Translingual

A common name for several species of allium, including:

Allium schoenoprasum
Allium schoenoprasum#Translingual

many-flowered garlic (Allium polyanthum)


favó

Vicia faba var. equina
Wikispecies:Vicia faba var. equina


trumfa

Alteration of trufa (“truffle”). Compare Aragonese trunfa.


allassa

Allium triquetrum
Wikispecies:Allium triquetrum


allassa vermella

allassa vermella f (plural allasses vermelles)


vitrac

(Mallorca) three-cornered leek (Allium triquetrum)


metziner

Solanum linnaeanu
Wikispecies:Solanum linnaeanu


dolçamara

Solanum dulcamara
Solanum dulcamara#Translingual


tomaquera d'arbre

tomaquera d'arbre f (plural tomaqueres d'arbre)


remolatxa sucrera

remolatxa sucrera f (plural remolatxes sucreres)

From remolatxa (“beet”) + sucrera, feminine of sucrer (“sugar (relational)”).


cogombre tropical

cogombre tropical m (plural cogombres tropicals)

Momordica charantia
Momordica charantia#Translingual


espinac de Ceilan

espinac de Ceilan m (plural espinacs de Ceilan)


ceba de Figueres

ceba de Figueres f (plural cebes de Figueres)

From Figueres, the administrative capital of Alt Empordà in Catalonia.

Figueres onion (a native cultivar of onion produced in the Empordà region of Catalonia)


espigall

the influorescence of cabbages and other leafy greens


rave negre

[ˈra.βə ˈnɛ.ɣɾə]


escalunya

From Latin Ascalōnia (ceba) (“Ascalonian (onion)”).


all de bruguera

ca-noun

all de bruguera m (plural alls de bruguera)


calabruixa

[kə.ləˈβɾu.ʃə]

round-headed leek (Allium sphaerocephalon)


herba dels canonges

herba dels canonges f (plural herbes dels canonges)


espinac xinès

espinac xinès m (plural espinacs xinesos)


tomàquet cherry

tomàquet cherry m (plural tomàquets cherry)

Partial calque of English cherry tomato.

Els tomàquets cherry són anomenats d'aquesta manera per la seva semblança de color, mida, i gust dolç, amb la cirera.

Cherry tomatoes are named this way for their resemblance to the cherry in colour, size, and sweet flavour.