print email comment close Delicious Pieces: The Vegetables We Eat URL: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Ewsherb/edpages/delicious/introduction.html Description: Uses "grocery store vegetables to examine how seed plants are constructed" and to teach the basic elements of morphology (the "study of body forms"). Discusses seeds, specialized root systems (such as carrots), shoot systems (such as asparagus and kohlrabi), edible leaves, flowers (broccoli), and other forms of vegetables. Includes photographs. From Marion Ownbey Herbarium, Washington State University. Author: Hufford, Larry Publisher: Marion Ownbey Herbarium, Washington State University Library of Congress Subject Headings: Botany Phanerogams Plant morphology Vegetables LII Database Information: Record 5424 created by Margaret Myhre on 07/16/2005 Last modification on 07/19/2005 Published: 07/16/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5424