Vegetable
['vedʒtəb(ə)l;'vedʒɪtə-] or ['vɛdʒtəbl]
Definition
(noun.) edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant.
(noun.) 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.
Editor: Warren--From WordNet
Definition
(v.) Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc.
(v.) Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom.
(v.) Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds.
(v.) Plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division.
(n.) A plant. See Plant.
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Plant.
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Definition
n. an organised body without sensation and voluntary motion nourished by roots fixed in the ground: a plant for the table.—adj. belonging to plants: consisting of or having the nature of plants: derived from vegetables.—adj. Veg′etal of the nature of a vegetable: pertaining to the vital functions of plants and animals as growth reproduction &c.—ns. Veg′etaline a substitute for ivory &c. made by treating woody fibre with sulphuric acid mixing with various ingredients and pressing into any required form; Vegetal′ity vegetable character the vegetal functions collectively.—adj. Vegetā′rian pertaining to those who abstain from animal food: consisting of vegetables.—n. one who holds that vegetables are the only proper food for man.—n. Vegetā′rianism the theory and practice of a vegetarian.—v.i. Veg′etāte to grow by roots and leaves: to sprout: to lead an idle aimless life.—n. Vegetā′tion process of growing as a plant: vegetable growth: plants in general.—adj. Veg′etātive growing as plants: producing growth in plants: pertaining to unconscious or involuntary bodily functions as resembling the processes of vegetable growth: without intellectual activity unprogressive.—adv. Veg′etātively.—n. Veg′etātiveness.—adj. Vegete (vej′ēt) vigorous.—n. Veg′etive (Shak.) a vegetable.—Vegetable kingdom that division of natural objects which embraces vegetables or plants; Vegetable marrow the fruit of a species of gourd so called from its marrow-like appearance; Vegetable mould mould consisting mostly of humus; Vegetable physiology that department of botany which treats of the growth and functions of plants.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of eating vegetables, is an omen of strange luck. You will think for a time that you are tremendously successful, but will find to your sorrow that you have been grossly imposed upon. Withered, or decayed vegetables, bring unmitigated woe and sadness. For a young woman to dream that she is preparing vegetables for dinner, foretells that she will lose the man she desired through pique, but she will win a well-meaning and faithful husband. Her engagements will be somewhat disappointing.
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Examples
- Animal and vegetable matter buried in the depth of the earth sometimes undergoes natural distillation, and as a result gas is formed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There were villas with iron fences and big overgrown gardens and ditches with water flowing and green vegetable gardens with dust on the leaves. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The above tannage is what is called vegetable tannage. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Perhaps, however, if it were buried in quicksilver, it might preserve, for a considerable space of time, its vegetable life, its smell, and colour. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Ages ago trees and bushes grew thick and fast, and the ground was always covered with a deep layer of decaying vegetable matter. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- So I dined upon cod very heartily, and have since continued to eat as other people; returning only now and then occasionally to a vegetable diet. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Is not the dominant and masterful power of the lion or the eagle related to a carniverous diet, and the mild and placid temper of the ox the reflex expression of his vegetable food? Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Mesozoic life, animal and vegetable alike, was adapted to warm conditions and capable of little resistance to cold. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The vegetable store I kept up for nearly a year. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When the mingled animal and vegetable matter sank into moist earth and came under the influence of pressure, it was slowly changed into oil and gas. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The color acquired by vegetable fibers is, therefore, usually faint. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Coal-dust, vegetable-dust, bone-dust, crockery dust, rough dust and sifted dust,--all manner of Dust. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Coal is largely formed from vast masses of vegetable matter deposited through the luxuriant growth of plants in former epochs of the earth’s history. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- My only food consisted of vegetable milk from the plants which gave so bounteously of this priceless fluid. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- No trees were to be seen, nor any vegetable growth save a poor brown scrubby moss, freezing in the chinks of rock. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Where's the beef and vegetables I sent home, and the pudding you promised? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And Mr Sloppy, whenever you come to my house, be sure you never go away without having had a good dinner of meat, beer, vegetables, and pudding. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I gave him a dose of syrup of buckthorn, and put him on a diet of pot-liquor and vegetables till further orders. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Every morning I had two large baskets of vegetables from the Detroit market loaded in the mail-car and sent to Port Huron, where the boy would take them to the store. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They cultivated n umerous vegetables, grains, fruits, and flowers. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The constant replenishing of this large quantity is necessary to life, and a considerable amount of the necessary supply is furnished by foods, particularly the fruits and vegetables. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They had _no cultivation_ of grain or vegetables of any sort. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On these the natives raise melons, cucumbers and other vegetables which need much water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Yes, I know 'twas the same day; for she said, 'I be going to see him, Christian; so I shall not want any vegetables brought in for dinner. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The other vegetables are in the same proportion; but this I leave to the reader's imagination. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- A field overgrown with briars and brambles, may frequently produce as great a quantity of vegetables as the best cultivated vineyard or corn field. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He shaded the dinner, cooled the wines, chilled the gravy, and blighted the vegetables. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Will you take any other vegetables? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The larger part of many of our foods is composed of water; more than half of the weight of the meat we eat is made up of water; and vegetables are often more than nine tenths water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He brought me some chops, and vegetables, and took the covers off in such a bouncing manner that I was afraid I must have given him some offence. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Nicholas