vegetable


   

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vegetable

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[ Etymology

(1350-1400) Middle English (adj.), from Latin vegetabilis ("able to live and grow"), derived from Latin vegetare ("to enliven")

[ Pronunciation

[ Noun

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Singular
vegetable

Plural
vegetables

vegetable (plural vegetables)

  1. Any plant.
  2. A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit in the culinary sense.
  3. The edible part of such a plant.
  4. (metaphorically) A person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment.

[ Translations

any plant
a plant raised for some edible part of it
some edible part of a plant
a person whose body or brain has been damaged
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[ Adjective

vegetable

  1. Of or relating to plants.
  2. Of or relating to vegetables.

[ Translations

of or relating to plants
of or relating to vegetables

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