vegetable

vegetable

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English

Alternative forms

  • vegitable (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin vegetābilis (able to live and grow), derived from vegetāre (to enliven). Displaced native Old English wyrt and ofett.

Related to vigil, vigour, vajra, and waker.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, [ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bl̩], /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.ə.tə.bəl/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈvɛt͡ʃ.tə.bəl/

Noun

vegetable (plural vegetables)

  1. Any plant.
  2. 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.
    Synonyms: (informal) veg, (informal) veggie
  3. The edible part of such a plant.
    Synonyms: (informal) veg, (informal) veggie
  4. (figuratively, derogatory) 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.
    Synonym: cabbage

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Adjective

vegetable (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to plants.
  2. Of or relating to vegetables.

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Further reading

  • vegetable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • vegetable (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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