Definitions for vegetable
ˈvɛdʒ tə bəl, ˈvɛdʒ ɪ tə-veg·etable

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vegetable, veggie, vegnoun

   edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

2. 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

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1. 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.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vegetablenoun

   Any plant.

2. 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.

3. vegetablenoun

   The edible part of such a plant.

4. vegetablenoun

   A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a brain-dead person.

5. vegetableadjective

   Of or relating to plants.

6. vegetableadjective

   Of or relating to vegetables.

7. Etymology: (1350-1400) (adj.), from vegetabilis ("able to live and grow"), derived from vegetare ("to enliven")

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vegetable

   of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc

2. Vegetable

   consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom

3. Vegetable

   plants having distinct flowers and true seeds

4. Vegetable

   plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division

5. Vegetablenoun

   a plant. See Plant

6. 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

7. 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.]

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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  

Matched Categories

1. • Herbaceous Plant
   • Produce

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'vegetable' in Nouns Frequency: #1460

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How to pronounce vegetable?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say vegetable in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vegetable in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vegetable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of vegetable in a Sentence

1. Cynthia Sass:

   Cooking any vegetable softens the fiber and shrinks the portion as some of the water cooks out, so it takes up less space in the GI tract.

2. Qi Feng:

   Our large study did not find evidence for a protective effect of vegetable intake on the occurrence of CVD( cardiovascular disease).

3. E.M. Cioran:

   He who has never envied the vegetable has missed the human drama.

4. Leonardo Trasande:

   There are safe and simple steps that families can take to limit their exposure : reducing canned food consumption, avoiding microwaving plastic, this is also another opportunity to emphasize the need for fresh fruit and vegetable consumption as opposed to other highly processed or packaged foods. Not only because of the nutrients and how they differ but also because of the chemical contamination that is much greater... in fast food and other packaged foods.

5. William Courtney:

   When it’s consumed as a leafy green vegetable, you get the whole profile of the plant.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=vegetable
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=vegetable
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vegetable
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vegetable
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=vegetable
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=vegetable
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=vegetable