definition of the word vegetable

(1350-1400) Middle English (adj.), from Latin vegetabilis ("able to live and grow"), derived from Latin vegetare ("to enliven")

• (RP) IPA: /ˈvedʒtəbl/
• SAMPA: /"vEdZ(@)t@b(@)l/
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Vegetable

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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 in the culinary sense.
3. The edible part of such a plant.
4. (metaphorically) A person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment.

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