vegetable

Speech parts

1. vegetable - Noun

2. vegetable - Adjective

Meaning

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

Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom.

Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds.

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

A plant. See Plant.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

botanic cress swede botanical vine herb chard mangold produce plant flora potato garlic onion greens
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Antonyms

savage wildcat active tool skunk peppermint
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Hypernyms

herb produce green goods herbaceous plant garden truck green groceries

Hyponyms

corn julienne potato garlic pepper onion

Phrases with the word

leafy green vegetable Vegetable growing vegetable vitellin vegetable shortening vegetable grower vegetable sponge

Examples

An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh. Will Rogers

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head. Ambrose Bierce

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by little it grows nothing but vegetables, nothing, nothing but vegetables. Gertrude Stein

Every vegetable has its time. Russian Proverb

If neither animal nor vegetable you be, then mineral you are. Japanese Proverb

If neither animal nor vegetable you be, then mineral you are. If one finger brought oil it soiled others. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Vegemite vegephobia vegetability vegetable albumen vegetable anatomy vegetable antimony