vegetable
noun · adjectiveB2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
Any plant.
- 2.
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, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.
Đồng nghĩa: veg, veggie
- 3.
The edible part of such a plant.
Đồng nghĩa: veg, veggie
- 4.
(derogatory, figuratively)A person whose brain (or, infrequently, whose body) has been damaged to the point that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state.
Đồng nghĩa: cabbage
- 5.
(historical, slang)(RAF, slang, historical) A mine (explosive device).
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Of or relating to plants.
This substance is vegetable not mineral.
- 2.
(not comparable)Of or relating to vegetables.
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From Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin vegetābilis (able to live and grow), derived from vegetāre (to enliven)., whence modern wort and ovest.