vegetable (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *vegetable*:
NOUN	food	vegetable, veggie, veg	edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
NOUN	plant	vegetable	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

vegetable > pronunciation
Sounds	veh'jhtahbahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *vegetable*: 2 senses > noun 1, food
Meaning	edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant.
Synonyms	veggie, veg
Part of	herb, herbaceous plant	A plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Narrower	artichoke, globe artichoke	A thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
	artichoke heart	The tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower
	asparagus	edible young / young shoots of the asparagus plant
	bamboo shoot	edible young / young shoots of bamboo
	cardoon	Only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery)
	celery	stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
	cruciferous vegetable	A vegetable of the mustard family
	cucumber, cuke	cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable
	fennel, Florence fennel, finocchio	aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
	greens, green, leafy vegetable	Any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
	gumbo, okra	long mucilaginous green pods
	julienne, julienne vegetable	A vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish)
	leek	related to onions
	legume	The seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
	mushroom	fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
	onion	An aromatic flavorful vegetable
	pieplant, rhubarb	long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
	plantain	starchy banana-like fruit
	potherb	Any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning
	pumpkin	usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
	raw vegetable, rabbit food	An uncooked vegetable
	root vegetable	Any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers
	solanaceous vegetable	Any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae
	squash	edible fruit of a squash plant
	truffle, earthnut	edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
Broader	produce, green goods, green groceries, garden truck	Fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
Spanish	hortaliza, legumbre, verdura, verduras
Catalan	hortalissa, llegum, verdura

English > *vegetable*: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaning	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.
Narrower	artichoke, globe artichoke, artichoke plant, Cynara scolymus	Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
	beet, common beet, Beta vulgaris	biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root
	cardoon, Cynara cardunculus	southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots
	spinach, spinach plant, prickly-seeded spinach, Spinacia oleracea	Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
Broader	herb, herbaceous plant	A plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanish	hortaliza, legumbre, vegetal, verdura
Catalan	hortalissa, llegum, vegetal, verdura

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