English dictionary
vegetable
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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a <i>vegetable</i> nature; <i>vegetable</i> growths, juices, etc.
Source: webster1913
noun
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edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A plant. See <u>Plant</u>.
Source: webster1913