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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024veg•e•ta•ble /ˈvɛdʒtəbəl, ˈvɛdʒɪtə-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Botany, Foodany plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food.
- Foodany part of a plant that is usually eaten:Eat all the vegetables on your plate.
- Informal Termsa person who is severely impaired mentally or physically.
adj. - of or made from vegetables:a vegetable casserole.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024veg•e•ta•ble (vej′tə bəl, vej′i tə-),USA pronunciation n. - Botanyany 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.
- Botanythe edible part of such a plant, as the tuber of the potato.
- Botanyany member of the vegetable kingdom;
plant. - [Informal.]a person who is so severely impaired mentally or physically as to be largely incapable of conscious responses or activity.
- a dull, spiritless, and uninteresting person.
adj. - of, consisting of, or made from edible vegetables:a vegetable diet.
- of, pertaining to, or characteristic of plants:the vegetable kingdom.
- derived from plants:vegetable fiber; vegetable oils.
- Botanyconsisting of, comprising, or containing the substance or remains of plants:vegetable matter; a vegetable organism.
- of the nature of or resembling a plant:the vegetable forms of Art Nouveau ornament.
- inactive;
inert;
dull;
uneventful:a vegetable existence.
- Late Latin vegetābilis able to live and grow, equivalent. to vegetā(re) to quicken (see vegetate) + -bilis -ble
- Middle English (adjective, adjectival) 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vegetable /ˈvɛdʒtəbəl/ n - any of various herbaceous plants having parts that are used as food, such as peas, beans, cabbage, potatoes, cauliflower, and onions
- informal a person who has lost control of his mental faculties, limbs, etc, as from an injury, mental disease, etc
- a dull inactive person
- (as modifier): a vegetable life
- (modifier) consisting of or made from edible vegetables: a vegetable diet
- (modifier) of, relating to, characteristic of, derived from, or consisting of plants or plant material: vegetable oils
- rare any member of the plant kingdom
Etymology: c14 (adj): from Late Latin vegetābilis animating, from vegetāre to enliven, from Latin vegēre to excite |