| NOUN | substance | vegetable matter | matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant |
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| Meaning | Matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant. | |
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| Narrower | coal | fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period |
| peat | partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water | |
| Broader | matter | That which has mass and occupies space |
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