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vegetable noun

  /-ˌʈeːbil/ , /ˈved͡ʒi.ʈabil/ , /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ , /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.ə.tə.bəl/ , /ˈvɛt͡ʃ.tə.bəl/ , [ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bl̩]
  • 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.
  • The edible part of such a plant.
 groente, gewas
  • Any plant.
 gewas, plant
  • (figuratively, derogatory) 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.
 plant, groente

vegetable adjective

  /-ˌʈeːbil/ , /ˈved͡ʒi.ʈabil/ , /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ , /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.ə.tə.bəl/ , /ˈvɛt͡ʃ.tə.bəl/ , [ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bl̩]
  • Of or relating to plants.
 plantaardig, planten-
  • Of or relating to vegetables.
 groente-

vegetation noun

  /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/
  • (uncountable) Plants, taken collectively.
 vegetatie, begroeiing

vegetal adjective

  /ˈvɛd͡ʒɨtl̩/ , /ˈvɛd͡ʒɪ̈tl̩/
  • Pertaining to vegetables or plants. [from 16th c.]
 plantaardig, vegetaal

vegetate verb

  /ˈvɛd͡ʒɪteɪt/
  • (of a plant) To grow or sprout.
  • (informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.
 groeien

vegetative

vegetatief
vegetable garden
groentetuin, moestuin
vegetable oil
plantaardige olie, plantenolie
root vegetable
wortelgewas, knolgewas, wortelgroente
vegetable soup
groentesoep
vegetable kingdom
plantenrijk
vegetable lamb
barometz, plantaardige lam van Tartarije
vegetable mould
tuinaarde
vegetable cropping
groenteteelt
vegetable cultivation
groenteteelt
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