Results for vegetable

Definitions of vegetable:

part of speech: adjective

Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; composed of plants; as, vegetable life.

part of speech: adjective

Belonging to plants: consisting of or having the nature of plants: derived from vegetables.

part of speech: noun

A plant, especially a plant cultivated for food; the portion of such a plant gathered and prepared for market, or ready for the table.

part of speech: noun

An organised body destitute of sensation and voluntary motion, deriving its nourishment by means of roots from the earth; a plant.

part of speech: adjective

Pert. to plants; having the nature of plants; derived from vegetables.

part of speech: noun

An organized body without sensation and voluntary motion, nourished by roots fixed in the ground: a plant for the table.