vegetable

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Synonyms: vegetably, vegitable, venerable, veritable, vegetal, vegetate, vengeable, vegetables, regretable, meetable, getable

Antonyms: vegetably, vegitable, venerable, veritable, vegetal, vegetate, vengeable, vegetables, regretable, meetable, getable

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|archaic}} Any [[plant]].
2. A [[plant]] raised for some edible part of it, such as the [[leaf|leaves]], [[roots]], [[fruit]] or [[flower]]s, but excluding any plant considered to be a [[fruit]], [[grain]], [[herb]], or [[spice]] in the [[culinary]] sense, and usually including non-plants lumped into the same culinary category, such as edible [[mushrooms]] and [[seaweed]].
3. The edible part of such a plant.
4. {{lb|en|figuratively|often|_|derogatory}} A person whose [[brain]] (or, infrequently, whose [[body]]) has been [[damaged]] to the point that they cannot [[interact]] with the [[surrounding]] [[environment]]; a person in a [[persistent vegetative state]].
5. {{lb|en|RAF|slang|historical}} A [[mine]] {{gl|explosive device}}.

Adjective

1. Of or relating to [[plant#Noun|plants]].
2. Of or relating to [[#Noun|vegetables]].

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