vegetable
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(adjective) of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from plants; "decaying vegetable matter" |
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Antonyms: animal, mineral |
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(noun) edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
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Synonyms: veggie |
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Related Words: Florence fennel, artichoke, asparagus, bamboo shoot, cardoon, celery, cruciferous vegetable, cucumber, cuke, earthnut, fennel, finocchio, garden truck, globe artichoke, green, green goods, green groceries, greens, gumbo, leafy vegetable, leek, legume, mushroom, okra, onion, pieplant, plantain, potherb, produce, pumpkin, rabbit food, raw vegetable, rhubarb, root vegetable, solanaceous vegetable, squash, truffle |
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(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 |
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Related Words: Beta vulgaris, Cynara cardunculus, Cynara scolymus, Spinacia oleracea, artichoke, artichoke plant, beet, cardoon, common beet, globe artichoke, herb, herbaceous plant, prickly-seeded spinach, spinach, spinach plant |
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