Definitions for vegetableˈvɛdʒ tə bəl, ˈvɛdʒ ɪ tə-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
veg•e•ta•bleˈvɛdʒ tə bəl, ˈvɛdʒ ɪ tə-(n.)
any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food.
Category: Botany, Cooking
any part of a plant that is customarily eaten and is not developed from a flower.
Category: Cooking
Ref: Compare fruit (def. 1). 3
any member of the vegetable kingdom.
Category: Botany
a person who is severely impaired mentally or physically.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal
a dull or spiritless person.
(adj.)of, consisting of, or made from edible vegetables.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of plants.
derived from plants.
comprising or containing the substance or remains of plants:
vegetable matter.
Category: Ecology
Origin of vegetable:
1350–1400; < LL vegetābilis able to live and grow, der. of L vegetā(re) to quicken
Princeton's WordNet
vegetable, veggie, veg(noun)
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
vegetable(noun)
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
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
vegetable(noun)ˈvɛdʒ tə bəl, ˈvɛdʒ ɪ tə-
a plant eaten as food
broccoli, spinach, and other green vegetables; vegetable soup
Wiktionary
vegetable(Noun)
Any plant.
vegetable(Noun)
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, grain, or spice in the culinary sense.
vegetable(Noun)
The edible part of such a plant.
vegetable(Noun)
A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a brain-dead person.
vegetable(Adjective)
Of or relating to plants.
vegetable(Adjective)
Of or relating to vegetables.
Origin: (1350-1400) (adj.), from vegetabilis ("able to live and grow"), derived from vegetare ("to enliven")
Webster Dictionary
Vegetable(u)
of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc
Vegetable(u)
consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom
Vegetable(u)
plants having distinct flowers and true seeds
Vegetable(u)
plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division
Vegetable(noun)
a plant. See Plant
Vegetable(noun)
a plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also, the edible part of such a plant, as prepared for market or the table
Translations for vegetable
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
vegetable(noun)
a plant or part of a plant, other than a fruit, used as food
We grow potatoes, beans and other vegetables; (also adjective) vegetable oils.
- groente, planteAfrikaans

- خُضْرَهArabic

- зеленчукBulgarian

- vegetalPortuguese (BR)

- zelenina; zeleninovýCzech

- das Gemüse, Gemüse...German

- grøntsag; vegetabilskDanish

- λαχανικό, χορταρικό, φυτικόςGreek

- verdura, hortalizaSpanish

- köögiviliEstonian

- سبزیجاتFarsi

- vihannesFinnish

- (à, de, aux) légume(s)French

- יֶרֶקHebrew

- सब्जीHindi

- povrćeCroatian

- zöldség(féle)Hungarian

- sayuranIndonesian

- grænmetiIcelandic

- verdure, ortaggiItalian

- 野菜Japanese

- 채소Korean

- daržovėLithuanian

- dārzenisLatvian

- sayur-sayuranMalay

- groente; plantaardigDutch

- grønnsakNorwegian

- warzywoPolish

- vegetalPortuguese

- legumă; de legumeRomanian

- овощRussian

- zelenina; zeleninovýSlovak

- zelenjavaSlovenian

- povrćeSerbian

- grönsak; vegetabiliskSwedish

- พืชผักThai

- sebzeTurkish

- 蔬菜Chinese (Trad.)

- овочіUkrainian

- سبزيUrdu

- rauVietnamese

- 蔬菜Chinese (Simp.)

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