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vegetable

/ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/noun3 syllables

Vegetable means: edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant.

Synonyms for vegetable3

noun, as in edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

veggie, veg

also used for vegetable

cabbage

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What does vegetable mean?2

noun

1

edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

2

any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Vegetable in a sentence

  • If you want tomatoes, go to the fruit and vegetable section.issadouba
  • The tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit.CM
  • Clarified butter, vegetable oils, bacon drippings or lard are commonly used fats.CM
  • Be responsible with fruit and vegetable peels, as they can often be composted.Amastan
  • The sun is shining today, it's ideal for the vegetable patch.anzart
  • Due to the heavy rain, vegetable prices have risen.sharris123
  • Thanks to the heavy rain, vegetable prices rose sharply.unknown
  • Sugar cane is an edible grass, which makes it a vegetable.acbarbosa

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Forms of vegetable

as a noun

plural
vegetables