Here is a list of Greens, ovets, and crouds.
Greens
English | Anglish |
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amaranth leaves | unfading leaves (unfading: calque of Greek amarantos) |
arrowroot | arrowroot |
artichoke | eatthistle (cf. Ic. ætiþistill) |
arugula | colewort (calque of Latin eruca) |
asparagus | sparrowgrass, earth navel (<OE eorðnafela) |
bamboo shoots | grasswood shoots |
beet | beet |
bok choy | Midric headwort |
broccoli | colesprout, sproutcole |
brussel sprout | Brussel sprout |
cabbage | headwort, cole, kale |
carrot | dauke, more |
cassava | Brazilish arrowroot, (GA: Ruddish arrowroot) |
cauliflower | coleblossom, bloomcole, kale |
celery | singular: leafstalk, plural: leafstalks |
chard | fow-leaf, fow-stock, fow-stem |
chayote | wendring pear |
chive | ramson |
corn | corn |
daikon | Dawnlandish rootgreen |
endive | leafpod |
fennel | haywort (calque of Latin faenum meaning "hay") |
fiddlehead | fiddlehead |
garlic | garlic (from OE gar and leac) |
ginger | hornbody (calque of Sanskrit srngaveram) |
horseradish | horserootgreen |
jicama | Moonsnavelish wendedroot (Moonsnavelish "Mexican" + wend "turn", the literal meaning of nip in turnip is unknown) |
kale | kale |
kohlrabi | colewendedroot |
leek | leek |
lettuce | leaf
romaine lettuce: Romish leaf iceberg lettuce: iceberg leaf, icebarrow leaf |
manioc | Brazilish arrowroot, (GA: Ruddish arrowroot) |
mushroom
(not technically a vegetable, but a kind of fungus) |
toadstool |
onion | chipe (OE cípe) |
parsnip | daukeroot, moreroot |
pea | greenthball |
parsley | stanleafstalk (stan rimes with John, the "o" in stone is due to Norman influence) |
potato | earthpear (cf. Swed. jordpäron) |
pumpkin | marrow tillberry, harvestball |
radish | rootgreen |
rutabaga
(originally from Swedish) |
rootbag (cf. Swed "rotabagge") |
salsify | clamwort |
shallot | small chipe, chipeling |
snow pea | sna greenthball (linked with OE snāw) |
spinach | spinach (literal meaning unknown), possibly "green hand" |
sweet potato | sweet earthpear |
watercress | watercress |
Ovets
English | Anglish |
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açaí | coleberry (cf. NHG Kohlpalme -> açaí palm) |
acerola | Redstanish chirse (Redstanish: Barbadian) |
apple | appel |
apricot | stoatappel (cf. NHG Marille -> Italian armellino -> little stoat) |
avocado | butter pear |
banana | moonpod, moonappel, moonbairn |
bell pepper | Knell Pepper (<WG *piper (reconstructed), borrowed from Latin and derived from Sanskrit; unfortunately, the literal meaning of pepper is unknown.), Knell Hotappel, Knell Hotovet |
blackberry | blacberry |
blueberry | hewnberry |
breadfruit | breadappel, breadovet |
cantaloupe | stan rindberry, stan shellberry, stan barkberry |
carambola | starappel, starovet |
cherimoya | coldtrindel (calque of Quechua "chiri" and "muya") |
cherry | chirse (OE cirse) |
clemetine | Marshlandish sourmidricappel (marsh: calque of Berber "tingi", Berber name of Tangier, which is where the tangerine is said to originally come from) |
coconut | skulnut |
cranberry | cranberry |
cucumber | earthappel |
date fruit | fingerovet (calque of Greek "daktylos" meaning "finger") |
durian | thornappel, thornovet (thorn: calque of Malay "duri") |
eggplant
(it is actually a fruit) |
eywort |
elderberry | elderberry |
feijoa | South Emericish eyappel (the fruit is shaped like an egg) |
fig | fike (<ME fike <OE fīc) |
gooseberry | gooseberry |
grape | wineberry |
grapefruit | wineovet, wineappel |
guava | pearberry |
honeydew melon | huneydew rindberry, huneydew shellberry, huneydew barkberry (the "o" in honey is a misspelling, it was originally a "u" in OE) |
jackfruit | jacappel, jacovet |
kiwifruit | Midric gooseberry, Midric beam |
kumquat | little Midricappel, Midricappelling (calque of Chinese "kum kwat") |
lemon | sourappel |
lime | green sourappel, bitterappel |
longan | drake's eye (calque of Chinese "lóngyǎn") |
loquat | rush Midricappel (calque of Chinese "luh kwat") |
mango | gawk's bliss, yeke's bliss (cf. Eng. cuckoo's joy) |
melon | rindberry, shellberry, barkberry |
nectarine | huneyorappel, huneyorovet, heaven's broth appel, heaven's broth ovet |
okra | Highsunlandish seedpod |
olive | eleberry (OE eleberġe) |
orange | Midricappel |
papaya | blasterappel (calque of Cuban Spanish "fruta bomba") |
passionfruit | luvappel |
peach | perseappel |
pear | pear |
persimmon | driedappel (calque of Algonquian "pasimenan" meaning "fruit dried artificially") |
pineapple | firappel |
pitanga | South Emericish chirse |
plantain | green moonpod, green moonappel, green moonbairn |
plum | plum |
pomegranate | seedapple, seedovet |
prune | dried plum |
pomelo | Morrowlandishappel |
raspberry | luvblossomwineappel (luv-blossum-wine-appel) (calque of Anglo-Latin vinum raspeys), luvbloomwineappel |
rose apple | luvblossomappel, luvbloomappel |
sapote | softappel |
soursop | spikeappel, spikeovet (named after it's appearance) |
strawberry | strawberry |
sugarapple | sweethurstappel |
tamarind | Ealandish fingerovet (calque of Arabic "tamr hindī ") |
tomato | galdappel (cf. NHG Goldapfel, French pomme d'or), heartappel ( OE heortæppel), swelling ovet (literal meaning of Aztecan tomatl), bloodappel, fat water (also calque of Aztecan tomatl) |
watermelon | waterrindberry, watershellberry, waterbarkberry |
Crouds
English | Anglish |
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allspice | allcroud |
basil | kinglywort (calque of Greek "basilikon") |
bay leaf | berry leaf (calque of Latin "baca") |
cinnamon | overseaish rind (<OE ofersǣwisc rind) |
clove | nutleafblossom |
garlic | garlic (from OE gar and leac) |
ginger | hornbody (calque of Sanskrit "srngaveram") |
horseradish | horserootgreen |
oregano | brightnessbarrow (calque of Greek "oreiganon") |
parsley | stanleafstalk (stan rimes with John, the "o" in stone is due to Norman influence) |
sandalwood | soulburnwood (yellow soulburnwood can't be eaten, but red or white soulburnwood can) |
turmeric | worthyearth (calque of Medieval Latin "terra merita") |