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vegetable

//ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Note for vegetable

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Forms

Plural
vegetables

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.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, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.

  2. 2.The edible part of such a plant.

  3. 3.A person whose brain (or, infrequently, whose body) has been damaged to the point that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Of or relating to plants.

    • This substance is vegetable, not mineral.
  2. 2.Of or relating to vegetables.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2422

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *weg-o-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *woǵéyetider.

Proto-Italic *wogeōder.?

Latin vegeō

Latin vegetus

Latin vegetāre, vegetō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

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