Definition of vegetable

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Vegetable (v.) Plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division..

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Vigor :: Vigor (n.) Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor..
Rot :: Rot (v. t.) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber..
Vegetive :: Vegetive (n.) A vegetable.
Gum :: Gum (n.) A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins..
Extract :: Extract (n.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.
Farina :: Farina (n.) A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery..
Pickle :: Pickle (v. t.) Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc..
Vegetability :: Vegetability (n.) The quality or state of being vegetable.
Colander :: Colander (n.) A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like..
Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance.
Decayed :: Decayed (a.) Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman..
Salading :: Salading (n.) Vegetables for salad.
Geic :: Geic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold..
Anatomize :: Anatomize (v. t.) To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts..
Native :: Native (n.) One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France..
Ciliary :: Ciliary (a.) Pertaining to or connected with the cilia in animal or vegetable organisms; as, ciliary motion..
Conhydrine :: Conhydrine (n.) A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine..
Manure :: Manure (n.) Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc..
Margarin :: Margarin (n.) A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and teipalmitin..
Gemmation :: Gemmation (n.) The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding..
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