vegetable
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
vegetables
plural
vegetables
Britannica Dictionary definition of VEGETABLE
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1
:
a plant or plant part that is eaten as food
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see also root vegetable
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The doctor said I should eat more fruits and vegetables.
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a bowl of vegetable soup
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a vegetable garden
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vegetable oil
2
informal + sometimes offensive
:
a person who is unable to talk, move, etc., because of severe brain damage
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The accident had left him a vegetable.
— called also
(British, informal)
cabbage
