Vegetable
21vegetable */*/*/ — UK [ˈvedʒtəb(ə)l] / US [ˈvedʒ(ə)təb(ə)l] noun Word forms vegetable : singular vegetable plural vegetables 1) a) [countable] a part of a plant used as food, for example a potato, bean, or cabbage Eat more fresh fruit, vegetables, and salads. We… …
22végétable — (vé jé ta bl ) adj. Qui végète, qui peut végéter. • Cet arbre est sec, il n y a plus rien de végétable, ni dans le tronc, ni dans la racine, Dict. de l Académie. ÉTYMOLOGIE Végéter. Paré a dit vegetable au sens d un végétal : L extraction de …
23vegetable — veg|e|ta|ble [ vedʒ(ə)təbl ] noun *** 1. ) count a part of a plant used as food, for example a potato, bean, or CABBAGE: We grow all our own vegetables and herbs. Eat more fresh fruit, vegetables, and salads. fresh/green/leafy vegetables a ) only …
24vegetable — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin vegetabilis vegetative, from vegetare to grow, from Latin, to animate, from vegetus lively, from vegēre to enliven more at wake Date: 15th century 1. a. of, relating to, constituting, or …
25vegetable — [14] Latin vegēre meant ‘be active’ (it was formed from the same Indo European base as lies behind English vigil, vigour, and wake). From it was derived vegetus ‘active’, which in turn formed the basis of vegetāre ‘enliven, animate’. From this… …
26vegetable — veg•e•ta•ble [[t]ˈvɛdʒ tə bəl, ˈvɛdʒ ɪ tə [/t]] n. 1) bot coo any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food 2) coo any part of a plant that is customarily eaten and is not developed from a… …
27vegetable — [14] Latin vegēre meant ‘be active’ (it was formed from the same Indo European base as lies behind English vigil, vigour, and wake). From it was derived vegetus ‘active’, which in turn formed the basis of vegetāre ‘enliven, animate’. From this… …
28VÉGÉTABLE — adj. des deux genres Qui végète, qui peut végéter. Les corps végétables. Cet arbre est sec, il n y a plus rien de végétable, ni dans le tronc, ni dans la racine …
29vegetable — 1. noun /ˈvedʒtəbl,ˈvɛdʒətəbəl,ˈvɛdʒtəbəl,ˈvɛtʃtəbəl/ a) Any plant. b) 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, or …
30vegetable — 1. A plant, specifically one used for food. 2. Relating to plants, as distinguished from animals or minerals. SYN: vegetal (1). [M.E., fr. L. vegetabilis (see vegetation)] * * * veg·e·ta·ble vej tə bəl, vej ət ə adj 1 a) of, relating to,… …