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   veg·e·ta·ble

   /ˈvejtəbəl/

   noun

   • 1. a plant or part of a plant used as food, typically as accompaniment to meat or fish, such as a cabbage, potato, carrot, or bean: "fresh fruit and vegetables"
   • 2. a person with a dull or inactive life: informal "I thought I'd sort of flop back and be a vegetable for a bit"
   • ▪ a person who is incapable of normal mental or physical activity, especially through brain damage. offensive

   adjective

   • 1. relating to plants or plant life, especially as distinct from animal life or mineral substances: "vegetable matter"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘growing as a plant’): from Old French, or from late Latin vegetabilis ‘animating’, from Latin vegetare (see vegetate). The noun dates from the late 16th century.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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