Vegetable

noun
1.
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.
2.
the edible part of such a plant, as the tuber of the potato.
3.
any member of the vegetable kingdom; plant.
4.
Informal. a person who is so severely impaired mentally or physically as to be largely incapable of conscious responses or activity.
5.
a dull, spiritless, and uninteresting person.
adjective
6.
of, consisting of, or made from edible vegetables:
a vegetable diet.
7.
of, relating to, or characteristic of plants:
the vegetable kingdom.
8.
derived from plants:
vegetable fiber; vegetable oils.
9.
consisting of, comprising, or containing the substance or remains of plants:
vegetable matter; a vegetable organism.
10.
of the nature of or resembling a plant:
the vegetable forms of Art Nouveau ornament.
11.
inactive; inert; dull; uneventful:
a vegetable existence.
noun
1.
any of various herbaceous plants having parts that are used as food, such as peas, beans, cabbage, potatoes, cauliflower, and onions
2.
(informal) a person who has lost control of his mental faculties, limbs, etc, as from an injury, mental disease, etc
3.

a dull inactive person
(as modifier): a vegetable life

4.
(modifier) consisting of or made from edible vegetables: a vegetable diet
5.
(modifier) of, relating to, characteristic of, derived from, or consisting of plants or plant material: vegetable oils
6.
(rare) any member of the plant kingdom

vegetable veg·e·ta·ble (věj’tə-bəl, věj’ĭ-tə-)
n.

A plant cultivated for an edible part, such as the root of the beet, the leaf of spinach, or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower.

The edible part of such a plant.

adj.
Of, relating to, or derived from plants or a plant.
vegetable
(věj’tə-bəl)

A plant that is cultivated for an edible part, such as the leaf of spinach, the root of the carrot, or the stem of celery.

An edible part of one of these plants. See Note at fruit.

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