Alternative names for fruit and vegetables

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our name		alternative names	French	German	Spanish	Latin
tile		tiles, tiling	carreau, carreaux, tuile, tuiles	kacheln, Fliese, fliesen	alicatado, azulejo, azulejos	testa
apple		apel	pomme	apfel	manzana	malus domestica
asparagus		speargrass	asperge	spargel	esparrago	asparagus officinales
aubergine		eggplant, garden egg, mad egg, brinjal, melongene, eggfruit, eierplant, terong, encung	aubergine	aubergine	berenjena	solanum melongena
avocado		avacado, alligator pear, avocado pear, fuerte, gwen, hass, pinkerton, reed, zutano, abacate, ahuacatl, palta, alpukat, adpukat	avocata	avocado	aguacate	persea americana
bitter gourd		cucurbita, bitter melon, bitter cucumber, karella, balsam pear, alligator pear, african cucumber, balsam apple, bitter cucumber, karela, ku gua, foo gwah, margose, cundeamor, pepare paria, pare	courge amère	bitterer kürbis	calabaza amarga	momordica charantia
broad bean		faba bean, great fieldbean, horsebean, English bean, European bean, grote/platte/waalse boon, fève de marais, kacang babi	fève	saubohne	haba	vicia faba
cabbage		coles, kubis, kol	chou	kohl	col	brassica oleracea
carrot		bortol	carotte	karotte	zanahorda	daucus carota sativa
chilli		chili, chile, chilly, chili pepper, jalapenos	piments	paprikas	chiles
cornichon		gherkin, gerkin, wally, gooseberry gourd, komkommer, concombre, pepino, ketimun, mentimun	cornichon	gurke	pepinillo	cucumis anguria
fig			figue	feige	higo	ficus carica
garlic		garlick, thum, suen tau, suan, sir, garleag, shum, lasun, ninniku, alho, chesnok, bawang, poondoo, gratiem, katiem, sarmisak, lehsun, toi	ail	knoblauch	ajo	allium sativum
lemon		citronnier, limonero, jeruk limun	citron	zitrone	limón	citrus limon
mange tout		mange-tout, snow pea, sugar pea, field pea, green pea, arvejas, guisantes, chícharo, kacang polong, peultjes, kapri	mangetout	mangetout	mangetout	pisum sativum
mushroom		agaricus, crimini, cremini, mussiriones, mousseron, cogumelo	champignon	pilz	seta	boletus
okra		bindi, lady’s fingers, gumbo, hibiscus esculentus, oker, ketmie comestible, hibisco, gedi, bhindi	gombo	eßbarer Eibisch	okra	abelmoschus esculentus
orange			orange	orange	anaranjado	citrus aurantium
pea			pois	erbse	guisante	pisum
peach		durazno, melocotón	pêche	pfirsich	melocotón	prunus persica
peanut		earthnut, goober, goober peas, groundnut, monkey nut	arachide	erdnuß	cacahuete	arachis hypogaea
pear		peer, peral	poire	birne	pera	pyrus communis
pepper		sweet pepper, bell pepper, paprika, morrón, pimento, pimiento dulce, cabai merah/besar, mirchi	poivron	spanischer pfeffer	pimiento	capsicum annuum
pineapple		nanas, piña, pinapple, pinappel	ananas	ananas	piña	ananas comosus
spring onion		green onion, scallion, shallot, cibies	oignon	zwiebel	cebolla	allium fistulosum
strawberry		fraises des bois (strawberries of the woods)	fraise	erdbeere	fresa	fragaria ananaassa
sweetcorn		sweet corn, green corn, sugar corn, maize, ground corn, maize Indian corn, corn, zea mays, (sweet) corn on the cob, maïskolf, baby maïs, elote, mazorca, maíz palomero, jagung mudah	maïs doux	zuckermais	maíz dulce	zea saccharata
tomato		love apple, tomat	tomate	tomate	tomate	lycopersicon esculentum

More alternative names for fruit and vegetables

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our name		alternative names	Dutch	Italian	Welsh	Portuguese
tile		tiles, tiling	tegel, tegels	mattonelle	briddlech, priddlech	telha, telhas
apple		apel, aple	appel	mela	afal	maca
asparagus		speargrass	asperge	asparago		espargos
aubergine		eggplant, garden egg, mad egg, brinjal, melongene, eggfruit, eierplant, terong, encung	aubergine	melanzana		beringela
avocado		avacado, alligator pear, avocado pear, fuerte, gwen, hass, pinkerton, reed, zutano, ahuacatl, palta, alpukat, adpukat	avocado	avocado		abacate
bitter gourd		cucurbita, bitter melon, bitter cucumber, karella, balsam pear, alligator pear, african cucumber, balsam apple, bitter cucumber, karela, ku gua, foo gwah, margose, cundeamor, pepare paria, pare	bittere pompoen	zucca amara	agerw bompiwn
broad bean		faba bean, great fieldbean, horsebean, English bean, European bean,grote/platte/waalse boon, fève de marais, kacang babi	tuinboon	fava	eang ffeuen
cabbage		coles, kubis, kol	kool	cavolo		repolho
carrot		bortol	wortel	carota	foronen, moronen	cenoura
chilli		chili, chile, chilly, chili pepper, jalapenos	spaanse pepers	peperoncini rossi		pimentes
cornichon		gherkin, gerkin, wally, komkommer, concombre, pepino, ketimun, mentimun	augurk	cetriolino
fig		figg		fig	ffigysen	figo
garlic		garlick, thum, suen tau, suan, sir, garleag, shum, lasun, ninniku, alho, chesnok, bawang, poondoo, gratiem, katiem, sarmisak, lehsun, toi	knoflook	aglio	craf	alho
lemon		citronnier, limonero, jeruk limun	citroen	limone		limao
mange tout		mange-tout, snow pea, sugar pea, field pea, green pea, arvejas, guisantes, chícharo, kacang polong, peultjes, kapri	mangetout	mangetout
mushroom		agaricus, crimini, cremini, mussiriones, mousseron, cogumelo	paddestoel	fungo		cogumelo
okra		bindi, lady’s fingers, gumbo, hibiscus esculentus, oker, ketmie comestible, hibisco, gedi, bhindi	okra	gombo
orange		orang	sinaasappel	arancione	horaens	alaranjado
pea		pee	erwt	piselli	bysen	ervilha
peach		durazno, melocotón	perzik	pesca		pessego
peanut		earthnut, goober, goober peas, groundnut, monkey nut	pinda	arachide		amendoim
pear		peer, peral	peer	pera	ellygen	pera
pepper		sweet pepper, bell pepper, paprika, morrón, pimento, pimiento dulce, cabai merah/besar, mirchi	capsicum	capsico	bupur	pimenta
pineapple		nanas, piña	ananas	ananas		abacaxi
spring onion		green onion, scallion, shallot, cibies	ui	cipolla		cebola
strawberry		fraises des bois (strawberries of the woods)	aardbei	fragola	fefusen	morango
sweetcorn		sweet corn, green corn, sugar corn, maize, ground corn, maize Indian corn, corn, zea mays, (sweet) corn on the cob, maïskolf, baby maïs, elote, mazorca, maíz palomero, jagung mudah	suikermaïs	granoturco dolce
tomato		love apple, tomat	tomaat	pomodoro		tomate