ALL meanings of vegetable
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V v - noun vegetable food: plant 1
- noun vegetable relating to plants 1
- noun vegetable 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. 1
- noun vegetable the edible part of such a plant, as the tuber of the potato. 1
- noun vegetable any member of the vegetable kingdom; plant. 1
- noun vegetable Informal. a person who is so severely impaired mentally or physically as to be largely incapable of conscious responses or activity. 1
- noun vegetable a dull, spiritless, and uninteresting person. 1
- adjective vegetable of, consisting of, or made from edible vegetables: a vegetable diet. 1
- adjective vegetable of, relating to, or characteristic of plants: the vegetable kingdom. 1
- adjective vegetable derived from plants: vegetable fiber; vegetable oils. 1
- adjective vegetable consisting of, comprising, or containing the substance or remains of plants: vegetable matter; a vegetable organism. 1
- adjective vegetable of the nature of or resembling a plant: the vegetable forms of Art Nouveau ornament. 1
- adjective vegetable inactive; inert; dull; uneventful: a vegetable existence. 1
- countable noun vegetable Vegetables are plants such as cabbages, potatoes, and onions which you can cook and eat. 0
- adjective vegetable Vegetable matter comes from plants. 0
- countable noun vegetable If someone refers to a brain-damaged person as a vegetable, they mean that the person cannot move, think, or speak. 0
- noun vegetable any of various herbaceous plants having parts that are used as food, such as peas, beans, cabbage, potatoes, cauliflower, and onions 0
- noun vegetable a person who has lost control of his or her mental faculties, limbs, etc, as from an injury, disease, etc 0
- noun vegetable a dull inactive person 0
- noun vegetable (as modifier) 0
- noun vegetable consisting of or made from edible vegetables 0
- noun vegetable of, relating to, characteristic of, derived from, or consisting of plants or plant material 0
- noun vegetable any member of the plant kingdom 0
- adjective vegetable of, or having the nature of, plants in general 0
- adjective vegetable of, having the nature of, made from, consisting of, or produced by edible vegetables 0
- noun vegetable broadly, any plant, as distinguished from animal or inorganic matter 0
- noun vegetable any herbaceous plant that is eaten whole or in part, raw or cooked 0
- noun vegetable the edible part of such a plant, as the root (e.g., a carrot), tuber (a potato), seed (a pea), fruit (a tomato), stem (celery), or leaf (lettuce) 0
- noun vegetable a person thought of as like a vegetable, as because of leading a dull, unthinking existence or because of having lost consciousness, the use of the mind, etc. 0