Definition of vegetable. Meaning of vegetable. Synonyms of vegetable

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Definition of vegetable

Vegetable
Vegetable Veg"e*ta*ble, n. 1. (Biol.) A plant. See Plant. 2. 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.

Meaning of vegetable from wikipedia

- Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants...
- Vegetable oils, or vegetable fats, are oils extracted from seeds or from other parts of fruits. Like animal fats, vegetable fats are mixtures of triglycerides...
- in color from dark brown to light pink. The majority, or meat, of the vegetable is composed of a much softer substance ranging in color from white or...
- This is a list of plants that have a culinary role as vegetables. "Vegetable" can be used in several senses, including culinary, botanical and legal. This...
- Look up leaf vegetable in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Leaf vegetables, also called leafy greens, pot herbs, vegetable greens, or simply greens, are...
- Root vegetables are underground plant parts eaten by humans as food. In agricultural and culinary terminology, the term applies to true roots such as taproots...
- Vegetable farming is the growing of vegetables for human consumption. The practice probably started in several parts of the world over ten thousand years...
- The Vegetable Orchestra (also known as Das erste Wiener Gemüseorchester, The First Vienna Vegetable Orchestra or The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra) is an...
- {{{annotations}}} Vegetable ivory or tagua nut is a product made from the very hard white endosperm of the seeds of certain palm trees. Vegetable ivory is named...
- Look up vegetable in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vegetable, veggie or veggies may refer to: Vegetable, a nutritional and culinary term that denotes...