📖 Definitions of "Vegetables"
noun
- 1
Any plant.
- 2
A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.
- 3
The edible part of such a plant.
- 4
A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Vegetables"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| vegetational | Of or pertaining to vegetation. |
| vegetative | Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth. |
| veggienoun | (informal) A vegetable. |
| vegetalnoun | (obsolete, chiefly botany) Any vegetable organism. |
| cropsnoun | (agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose. |
| dishesnoun | Dishwashing |
| fruitnoun | The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization. |
| fruitsnoun | (stylized as FRUiTS) a Japanese monthly street fashion magazine founded in 1997 by photographer Shoichi Aoki. |
| greensnoun | Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads. |
| groceriesnoun | Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store. |
| growersnoun | A farmer; one who grows things. |
| legumesnoun | (botany) The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food. |
| peasnoun | (cooking) The edible seed of Pisum sativum. |
| picklesnoun | (colloquial) Nonsense; folly. |
| plantsnoun | A surname from German. |
| potatoesnoun | A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber. |
| producenoun | Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms. |
| pulses | the debut full-length studio album by American musical duo Karmin, released on March 25, 2014, by Epic Records. |
| saladsnoun | A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise. |
| steamedverb | Cooked by steaming. |
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