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vegetable (enc)

Vegetable

Noun1.vegetable - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
garden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce - fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
rabbit food, raw vegetable - an uncooked vegetable
legume - the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
potherb - any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning
greens, leafy vegetable, green - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
solanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum; Capsicum; Lycopersicon
root vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers
pieplant, rhubarb - long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
cruciferous vegetable - a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts
squash - edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
cuke, cucumber - cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
artichoke, globe artichoke - a thistle-like flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
artichoke heart - the tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower
asparagus - edible young shoots of the asparagus plant
bamboo shoot - edible young shoots of bamboo
onion - an aromatic flavorful bulb
leek - related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
cardoon - only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related to artichokes
celery - stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
gumbo, okra - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
mushroom - fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
pumpkin - usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
truffle, earthnut - edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
plantain - starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
finocchio, Florence fennel, fennel - aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
2.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
beet, Beta vulgaris, common beet - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
prickly-seeded spinach, spinach, spinach plant, Spinacia oleracea - southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
artichoke, artichoke plant, Cynara scolymus, globe artichoke - Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
cardoon, Cynara cardunculus - southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Adj.1.vegetable - of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from plants; "decaying vegetable matter"
animal - of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals; "the animal kingdom"; "animal instincts"; "animal fats"
mineral - of or containing or derived from minerals; "a mineral deposit"; "mineral water"

 

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