el nino southern oscillation: a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns
el nino: (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
vegetable: any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower