Vegetable
Definition of Vegetable
Veg`e`ta`ble a. | 1. | | | 1. | Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc. | | 2. | Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom.Vegetable kingdom | (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. |
| | 3. | Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds. | n. | 1. | (Biol.) A plant. See Plant. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | A person who has permanently lost consciousness, due to damage to the brain, but remains alive; sometimes continued life requires support by machinery such as breathing tubes. Such a person is said to be in a vegetative state. |
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