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100 Words Every Urban Forager Should Know

June 21, 2026

100 Words Every Urban Forager Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. acorn oak nut
2. alley narrow lane between buildings
3. annual living one growing season
4. aroma noticeable smell
5. astringent causing a dry puckery feeling
6. bag flexible carrying container
7. bark outer tree covering
8. basket container for gathered foods
9. berry small juicy fruit
10. bitter sharp unpleasant taste
11. blanch briefly boil then cool
12. brew make by steeping in water
13. bud undeveloped flower or leaf
14. canopy upper layer of tree cover
15. cattail wetland plant with edible parts
16. chickweed small edible garden weed
17. creek small stream
18. dandelion common edible yellow-flowered weed
19. deciduous shedding leaves seasonally
20. dehydrate dry for preservation
21. dig break ground to remove plants
22. dock sour-leaved wild plant
23. dry remove moisture
24. edible safe to eat
25. elderberry dark berry from elder shrubs
26. embankment sloped raised ground
27. evergreen keeping leaves year-round
28. feral wild after domestication
29. ferment preserve by microbial action
30. fibrous stringy in texture
31. field guide identification reference book
32. flower seed-producing plant bloom
33. forage search widely for wild food
34. fresh recently picked
35. glean gather bit by bit
36. gloves hand coverings for protection
37. greens edible leafy plants
38. grind crush into small particles
39. habitat natural place where something grows
40. harvest collect usable plants or foods
41. identify recognize correctly
42. infuse steep to extract flavor
43. invasive spreading aggressively outside origin
44. jam sweet fruit preserve
45. jelly clear fruit preserve
46. knife cutting tool
47. lamb’s quarters edible leafy weed
48. leaf flat green plant part
49. marsh wet grassy land
50. median center strip of a road
51. mucilaginous slimy or gel-like
52. mulberry sweet dark or red fruit
53. native original to a region
54. nettles stinging but edible greens
55. notebook book for notes
56. nut hard-shelled edible seed
57. observe watch carefully
58. orchard area planted with fruit trees
59. parkway strip between sidewalk and street
60. patch a small growing area
61. perennial living for many years
62. pickle preserve in acidic liquid
63. pluck pull off gently
64. pod seed case of some plants
65. propagate reproduce new plants
66. prune cut back plant growth
67. raspberry soft red or black berry
68. regrow grow again after cutting
69. resin sticky plant secretion
70. rinse wash lightly with water
71. ripe fully mature for eating
72. roast cook with dry heat
73. root underground absorbing plant part
74. sap plant fluid
75. season time of year for growth
76. seed plant embryo for reproduction
77. shoot new young plant growth
78. species a distinct kind of organism
79. sprout newly emerged growth
80. stand a group growing together
81. stem main supporting plant stalk
82. succulent juicy and fleshy
83. tea herbal drink made by steeping
84. tender soft and easy to eat
85. thorn sharp woody point
86. transplant move and replant
87. trim cut off unwanted parts
88. twig small thin branch
89. understory vegetation beneath the canopy
90. uproot pull out by the roots
91. urban relating to a city
92. vacant lot unused open city land
93. verge edge strip beside a road
94. voucher saved specimen for verification
95. wash clean with water
96. weed a wild unwanted plant
97. wildcraft gather wild plants or fungi
98. wood sorrel tangy shamrock-like herb
99. woodlot small area of woodland
100. woody hard like wood

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