What does vegetable mean?
Definitions for vegetable
ˈvɛdʒ tə bəl, ˈvɛdʒ ɪ tə-veg·etable
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word vegetable.
Princeton's WordNet
vegetable, veggie, vegnoun
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
vegetablenoun
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
GCIDE
Vegetablenoun
A person who has permanently lost consciousness, due to damage to the brain, but remains alive; sometimes continued life requires support by machinery such as breathing tubes. Such a person is said to be in a vegetative state.
Wiktionary
vegetablenoun
Any plant.
vegetablenoun
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.
vegetablenoun
The edible part of such a plant.
vegetablenoun
A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a brain-dead person.
vegetableadjective
Of or relating to plants.
vegetableadjective
Of or relating to vegetables.
Etymology: (1350-1400) (adj.), from vegetabilis ("able to live and grow"), derived from vegetare ("to enliven")
ChatGPT
vegetable
A vegetable is a type of plant or part of a plant that is typically consumed as food by humans or other animals as part of a savory meal. These may include roots, leaves, stems, flowers, seeds, tubers, fruits, and legumes. The definition is not strictly botanical and can vary based on culinary usage, culture, and tradition. Vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber and other essential nutrients and are an important part of a balanced diet.
Webster Dictionary
Vegetable
of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc
Vegetable
consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom
Vegetable
plants having distinct flowers and true seeds
Vegetable
plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division
Vegetablenoun
a plant. See Plant
Vegetablenoun
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
Etymology: [F. vgtable growing, capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable, from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven, invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active, vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E. wake, v. See Vigil, Wake, v.]
Wikidata
Vegetable
In culinary terms, a vegetable is an edible plant or its part, intended for cooking or eating raw. In biological terms, "vegetable" designates members of the plant kingdom. The non-biological definition of a vegetable is largely based on culinary and cultural tradition. Apart from vegetables, other main types of plant food are fruits, grains and nuts. Vegetables are most often consumed as salads or cooked in savory or salty dishes, while culinary fruits are usually sweet and used for desserts, but it is not the universal rule. Therefore, the division is somewhat arbitrary, based on cultural views. For example, some people consider mushrooms to be vegetables even though they are not biologically plants, while others consider them a separate food category; some cultures group potatoes with cereal products such as noodles or rice, while most English speakers would consider them vegetables. Some vegetables can be consumed raw, some may be eaten cooked, and some must be cooked to destroy certain natural toxins or microbes in order to be edible, such as eggplant, unripe tomatoes, potatoes, daylily, winter melon, fiddlehead fern, and most kinds of legume/beans. A number of processed food items available on the market contain vegetable ingredients and can be referred to as "vegetable derived" products. These products may or may not maintain the nutritional integrity of the vegetable used to produce them.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Vegetable
vej′e-ta-bl, n. an organised body without sensation and voluntary motion, nourished by roots fixed in the ground: a plant for the table.—adj. belonging to plants: consisting of or having the nature of plants: derived from vegetables.—adj. Veg′etal, of the nature of a vegetable: pertaining to the vital functions of plants and animals, as growth, reproduction, &c.—ns. Veg′etaline, a substitute for ivory, &c., made by treating woody fibre with sulphuric acid, mixing with various ingredients, and pressing into any required form; Vegetal′ity, vegetable character, the vegetal functions collectively.—adj. Vegetā′rian, pertaining to those who abstain from animal food: consisting of vegetables.—n. one who holds that vegetables are the only proper food for man.—n. Vegetā′rianism, the theory and practice of a vegetarian.—v.i. Veg′etāte, to grow by roots and leaves: to sprout: to lead an idle, aimless life.—n. Vegetā′tion, process of growing, as a plant: vegetable growth: plants in general.—adj. Veg′etātive, growing, as plants: producing growth in plants: pertaining to unconscious or involuntary bodily functions as resembling the processes of vegetable growth: without intellectual activity, unprogressive.—adv. Veg′etātively.—n. Veg′etātiveness.—adj. Vegete (vej′ēt), vigorous.—n. Veg′etive (Shak.), a vegetable.—Vegetable kingdom, that division of natural objects which embraces vegetables or plants; Vegetable marrow, the fruit of a species of gourd, so called from its marrow-like appearance; Vegetable mould, mould consisting mostly of humus; Vegetable physiology, that department of botany which treats of the growth and functions of plants. [O. Fr.,—Low L. vegetabilis, animating—L. vegetāre, to quicken—vegēre, to be lively; akin to vigēre, to be vigorous. Cf. Vigour.]
Editors Contribution
vegetable
A type of cultivar, plant, food and seed.
Vegetables are grown worldwide in various colors and species.
Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2017
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'vegetable' in Nouns Frequency: #1460
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of vegetable in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of vegetable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of vegetable in a Sentence
He who has never envied the vegetable has missed the human drama.
Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom
Serve fruits and vegetables with every meal (e.g., add frozen corn or other vegetables to mixed dishes and serve a side vegetable), and as a snack, and, most importantly, (parents should) model eating plenty of fruits and vegetables themselves, children learn from watching what adults do!
This indicates that the children retained the positive experience of watching peers eating the vegetable and were able to reproduce that action one week later.
Any time you concentrate a vegetable or a fruit, it's going to be higher in sugars and carbohydrates and calories.
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- نبات, خضراوات, خضار, خضرArabic
- йәшелсә, үҫемлекBashkir
- гародніна, агароднінаBelarusian
- зеленчукBulgarian
- সবজিBengali
- legumajBreton
- llegum, vegetal, verdura, hortalissaCatalan, Valencian
- Gollai sihaChamorro
- zeleninaCzech
- grønsag, grøntsagDanish
- Gemüse, Gewächs, pflanzlich, Pflanzen, DahinvegetierendeGerman
- φυτο-, φυτό, λαχανικόGreek
- legomo, legomaEsperanto
- vegetal, legumbre, hortaliza, verduraSpanish
- landare-Basque
- سبزیPersian
- vihannes, kasvi-, kasvis-, kasviFinnish
- légume, végétal, légumierFrench
- grienteWestern Frisian
- glasraIrish
- luibh-gàraidh, glasraich, luiseanachdScottish Gaelic
- verdura, vexetalGalician
- શાકભાજીGujarati
- יֶרֶקHebrew
- सब्ज़ीHindi
- növény, zöldségHungarian
- բանջարեղենArmenian
- legumine, leguminose, vegetalInterlingua
- sayur-sayuran, sayuranIndonesian
- grænmetiIcelandic
- vegetale, verduraItalian
- ירקותHebrew
- 野菜, [[植物]]の, ベジタブル, [[野菜]]〜, [[植物]]〜, 植物, [[野菜]]の, 植物人間, [[菜]]〜, 青物Japanese
- janganan, sayuaranJavanese
- ბოსტნეულიGeorgian
- grøntsagiKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ತರಕಾರಿKannada
- 푸성귀, 나물, 야채, 채소Korean
- sebze, سهوزه, سهوزهKurdish
- holusLatin
- GeméisLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- augalas, daržovėLithuanian
- huawhenuaMāori
- растение, зеленчук, растителен, зеленчуковMacedonian
- പച്ചക്കറിMalayalam
- ургамал, хүнсний ногооMongolian
- sayur-sayuran, sayuranMalay
- ħaxixMaltese
- grønnsak, vegetabilskNorwegian
- planten-, plantaardig, gewas, plant, groente-, groenteDutch
- vegetabilsk, grønnsak, grønsakNorwegian Nynorsk
- grønnsakNorwegian
- chʼil daadánígííNavajo, Navaho
- legum, legumsOccitan
- ਸਬਜ਼ੀPanjabi, Punjabi
- jarzyna, warzywoPolish
- vegetal, legume, leguminoso, verdura, hortaliçaPortuguese
- legume, legumă, vegetal, vegetalăRomanian
- овощ, растениеRussian
- سبزيSindhi
- biljka, биљка, поврће, povrćeSerbo-Croatian
- zeleninaSlovak
- zalenjavaSlovene
- växt, grönsak, plantaSwedish
- mboga, mmeaSwahili
- காய்கறிTamil
- gulayTagalog
- sebze, bitkiTurkish
- ئۆسۈملۈك, كۆكتاتUyghur, Uighur
- овочUkrainian
- سبزیUrdu
- rauVietnamese
- härbatVolapük
- imifuno, umfunoXhosa
- byaekZhuang, Chuang
- 蔬菜Chinese
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