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Vegetable Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -able

Vegetable has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"We harvested fresh vegetables like carrots, lettuce, and potatoes from the garden to add to our dinner."

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

"We added a fresh side of steamed broccoli, sliced beets, and baby spinach to our dinner plate."

3

Any plant.

"The garden was filled with every kind of vegetable, from wild herbs to tall trees."

Adjective
1

Of or relating to plants.

"The new fertilizer promotes growth in all vegetables and other vegetation."

Related Terms
corn garden plant pea cucumber spinach carrot onion soup produce tomato asparagus beet crop palmitic acid luteolin leaf vegetable shish kebab kebab outgrade
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
produce herb
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
julienne raw vegetable legume potherb greens solanaceous vegetable root vegetable pieplant cruciferous vegetable squash cucumber artichoke artichoke heart asparagus bamboo shoot onion leek cardoon celery gumbo mushroom pumpkin truffle plantain fennel beet spinach

Origin

The word "vegetable" comes from the Latin vegetābilis, meaning "able to live and grow." It entered English through Old French, replacing the earlier Old English terms for plant.

Rhyming Words
ble able roble ruble doble fable bible buble amble gable sable noble coble moble cable table bable kable mable viable
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