VEGETABLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
   Synonym(s)
   • veggie (what does veggie mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) vegetable is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • produce (what does produce mean?)
   • green goods (what does green goods mean?)
   • green groceries (what does green groceries mean?)
   • garden truck (what does garden truck mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • raw vegetable (what does raw vegetable mean?)
   • rabbit food (what does rabbit food mean?)
   • legume (what does legume mean?)
   • potherb (what does potherb mean?)
   • greens (what does greens mean?)
   • green (what does green mean?)
   • leafy vegetable (what does leafy vegetable mean?)
   • solanaceous vegetable (what does solanaceous vegetable mean?)
   • root vegetable (what does root vegetable mean?)
   • pieplant (what does pieplant mean?)
   • rhubarb (what does rhubarb mean?)
   • cruciferous vegetable (what does cruciferous vegetable mean?)
   • squash (what does squash mean?)
   • cucumber (what does cucumber mean?)
   • cuke (what does cuke mean?)
   • artichoke (what does artichoke mean?)
   • globe artichoke (what does globe artichoke mean?)
   • artichoke heart (what does artichoke heart mean?)
   • asparagus (what does asparagus mean?)
   • bamboo shoot (what does bamboo shoot mean?)
   • onion (what does onion mean?)
   • leek (what does leek mean?)
   • cardoon (what does cardoon mean?)
   • celery (what does celery mean?)
   • gumbo (what does gumbo mean?)
   • okra (what does okra mean?)
   • mushroom (what does mushroom mean?)
   • pumpkin (what does pumpkin mean?)
   • truffle (what does truffle mean?)
   • earthnut (what does earthnut mean?)
   • plantain (what does plantain mean?)
   • fennel (what does fennel mean?)
   • Florence fennel (what does Florence fennel mean?)
   • finocchio (what does finocchio mean?)
2. Meaning
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) vegetable is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • herb (what does herb mean?)
   • herbaceous plant (what does herbaceous plant mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • beet (what does beet mean?)
   • common beet (what does common beet mean?)
   • Beta vulgaris (what does Beta vulgaris mean?)
   • spinach (what does spinach mean?)
   • spinach plant (what does spinach plant mean?)
   • prickly-seeded spinach (what does prickly-seeded spinach mean?)
   • Spinacia oleracea (what does Spinacia oleracea mean?)
   • artichoke (what does artichoke mean?)
   • globe artichoke (what does globe artichoke mean?)
   • artichoke plant (what does artichoke plant mean?)
   • Cynara scolymus (what does Cynara scolymus mean?)
   • cardoon (what does cardoon mean?)
   • Cynara cardunculus (what does Cynara cardunculus mean?)

VEGETABLE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from plants
   Usage Example(s)
   • decaying vegetable matter
   Antonym(s)
   • mineral (what does mineral mean?)
   • animal (what does animal mean?)
   Similar To
   • rootlike (what does rootlike mean?)
   • seedlike (what does seedlike mean?)
   • stalklike (what does stalklike mean?)
   • stemlike (what does stemlike mean?)
   • vegetal (what does vegetal mean?)
   • vegetational (what does vegetational mean?)
   • vegetative (what does vegetative mean?)