ˈvedʒɪtəbl n. & adj. --n. 1
Bot.
any of
various plants,
esp. a
herbaceous plant used
wholly or
partly for food, e.g. a
cabbage,
potato,
turnip, or
bean. 2 colloq. a a
person who is
incapable of
normal intellectual activity, esp.
through brain injury etc. b a person
lacking in
animation or
living a
monotonous life. --adj. 1
of, derived
from, relating
to, or comprising plants or plant life, esp. as
distinct from
animal life or
mineral substances. 2 of or relating to vegetables as food. 3 a
unresponsive to
stimulus (vegetable behaviour). b
uneventful, monotonous (a vegetable existence). øvegetable
butter a vegetable
fat with the consistency of butter. vegetable
ivory see IVORY. vegetable
marrow see MARROW 1. vegetable
oyster =
SALSIFY. vegetable
parchment see PARCHMENT 2. vegetable
spaghetti 1 a
variety of marrow with
flesh resembling spaghetti. 2
its flesh. vegetable
sponge =
LOOFAH. vegetable
tallow see TALLOW. vegetable wax an exudation of
certain plants
such as
sumac. [ME f. OF vegetable or LL vegetabilis animating (as VEGETATE)]
