Definition of Vegetable
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(v.) Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc.
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(v.) Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom.
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(v.) Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds.
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(v.) Plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division.
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(n.) A plant. See Plant.
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(n.) 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.
Antonyms of Vegetable
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Homophones of Vegetable
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