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veg·e·ta·ble
 vegetable
- pronunciation:
- vej
t
bl
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a plant or part of a plant, such as spinach, carrots, or beans, that is used for food.
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| definition 2: |
any living thing classified as a plant.
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| definition 3: |
(informal) one who has suffered an injury or illness so serious that he or she is largely immobile and incapable of conscious mental activity.
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green, produce |
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
derived from or consisting of edible vegetables.
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| definition 2: |
of or relating to a plant or plants.
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green, organic |
In the 1300s, the word vegetable meant "living and growing." The word's modern meaning, "a plant that is cultivated for food," began to be used in the mid-1700s. The origin of the word "vegetable" is the Latin word vegetabilis, which means "to give energy to" or "enliven."
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broader categories that include vegetable |
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crop, food, plant, produce |
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person who only eats vegetables |
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vegetarian |
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see/see also vegetable |
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plant |
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some activities involving vegetables |
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cook, cultivate, eat, grow, harvest, hull, peel, plant, preserve, raise, store |
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some components of vegetables |
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calcium, iron, mineral, nutrition, starch, sugar, vitamins |
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some examples of vegetables |
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artichoke, asparagus, bean, beet, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, collard, corn, cucumber, eggplant, leek, lettuce, okra, onion, parsnip, pea, pepper, potato, radish, spinach, squash, string bean, turnip, watercress, yam |
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some kinds of preserved vegetables |
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canned, frozen, pickled |
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some parts of vegetables |
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flesh, meat, peel, seed, skin, tuber |
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some people associated with vegetables |
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cook, farmer, gardener, grocer, vegetarian |
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some places for vegetables |
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farm, field, garden, grocery, market, supermarket |
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some things that produce vegetables |
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blossom, flower, ovary, seed |
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