Vegetable
11vegetable — /vej teuh beuhl, vej i teuh /, n. 1. any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower. 2. the edible part of such a… …
12vegetable — n. & adj. n. 1 Bot. any of various plants, esp. a herbaceous plant used wholly or partly for food, e.g. a cabbage, potato, turnip, or bean. 2 colloq. a a person who is incapable of normal intellectual activity, esp. through brain injury etc. b a… …
13vegetable — /ˈvɛdʒtəbəl / (say vejtuhbuhl) noun 1. any herbaceous plant, annual, biennial, or perennial, whose fruits, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as tomato, bean, beet, potato, asparagus, cabbage, etc. 2.… …
14vegetable — veg·e·ta·ble (vĕj’tə bəl, vĕj’ĭ tə ) n. 1) a) A plant cultivated for its edible parts, such as the roots of the beet, the leaves of spinach, the flower buds of broccoli, or the fruit or seeds of certain species, as beans, corn, and squash. b) The …
15vegetable — {{11}}vegetable (adj.) c.1400, living and growing as a plant, from O.Fr. vegetable living, fit to live, from M.L. vegetabilis growing, flourishing, from L.L. vegetabilis animating, enlivening, from L. vegetare to enliven, from vegetus vigorous,… …
16Vegetable — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vegetable >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vegetable vegetable vegetable kingdom Sgm: N 1 flora flora verdure GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 plant plant Sgm: N 2 tree tree shrub bush …
17vegetable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Any plant Nouns 1. vegetable kingdom, vegetation, vegetable life; plants, flora, verdure; growth, biome; weed. 2. vegetable, fungus, legume, fruit, nut, seed (see food). 3. tree; acacia, alder, almond,… …
18vegetable — [[t]ve̱ʤtəb(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦♦ vegetables 1) N COUNT Vegetables are plants such as cabbages, potatoes, and onions which you can cook and eat. A good general diet should include plenty of fresh vegetables. ...traditional Caribbean fruit and vegetables …
19vegetable — 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ He’s a tad vegetable but not in a stupor. □ Helen drank till she was totally vegetable. 2. n. someone who is brain dead; someone who acts brain dead; a person almost totally destroyed by drugs. □ You are such a… …
20vegetable — vege|ta|ble1 W3S3 [ˈvedʒtəbəl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: vegetabilis growing , from vegetare to grow , from Latin vegere to cause to act, excite ] 1.) a plant that is eaten raw or cooked, such as a ↑cabbage, a ↑carrot, or… …
