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vegetable
  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, or spice in the culinary sense.
  3. The edible part of such a plant.
  4. (derogatory) A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a brain-dead person.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Chayote is a vegetable that is native to Mexico and Central America.”
vegetation
  1. (uncountable) Plants, taken collectively.
  2. (pathology, countable) An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth
  3. The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Mountain beavers live in small colonies, occupying areas with plentiful green vegetation and cover.”
      “It was a land of vegetation so intense as to bedwarf mankind almost as absolutely as we bedwarf ourselves with our machinery in a manufacturing town.”
      “Buffon remarks that the body may sometimes exist in a state of vegetation only, and yet return to vitality and animation.”
veganism
  1. The practice of eating neither meat nor other animal products, such as fish, milk and milk products, eggs, and honey.
  2. A way of life which strictly avoids use of any kind of animal products and services that are based on exploitation of animals.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Strict veganism is potentially hazardous for young children, and vegan children tend to be smaller.”
      “If it's factory farming that's turned you into a vegetarian, I'm afraid veganism is really the only way to go.”
      “They're offering an argument that, should you accept it, drops you on a slippery slope leading down to veganism.”
vegetarian
  1. A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, animal products. [from 1839]
  2. An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “I was glad when he left them because I was a vegetarian and didn't wish to partake of any beefy, meaty nonsense.”
vegeculture
  1. (uncountable) The practice of cultivating vegetables.
  2. (countable) A society that practices vegeculture.
veggie
  1. (informal) A vegetable.
  2. (informal) A vegetarian.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Do you have any suggestions for a tasty veggie dish for our vegetarian guests?”
vegelate
  1. (pejorative) Chocolate containing vegetable fat (not a permitted ingredient in parts of the European Union).
vegepate
  1. a veggie (vegetarian/vegan) version of pate (pâté/paté)
vegan
  1. A person who does not consume or eat any animal products; a supporter of veganism. [from 1944]
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  3. Examples:
    1. “As a vegan who was brought up in England, I am often reminded that the UK has among the highest animal welfare standards in the world.”
vegetablization
  1. The process of becoming a vegetable, or brain-dead person.
vegephobia
  1. The fear or dislike of vegetables.
vegetarianism
  1. The practice of following a vegetarian diet.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Now he was committing to no drink, no drugs, vegetarianism and two hours' meditation every day.”
      “A noticeable tendency in the West, especially in English-speaking countries, was a rise in vegetarianism.”
      “This is written by a strong exponent of vegetarianism, with supporting views from people she admits are extremists for animal rights.”
vegetal
  1. (botany) Any vegetable organism.
vegetability
  1. (archaic) The state or quality of being a vegetable
vegetality
  1. (biology) The quality or state of being vegetal.
vegetativeness
  1. The quality of being vegetative.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The doctors said that the blood flow to his brain had temporarily stopped causing him to fall into a state of temporary vegetativeness.”
      “Man is a microcosm, as the neck separates rationality from vitality, so does diaphragm the vitality from the vegetativeness.”
      “After twenty-two months in barrel, the blueberry fruit seems remarkably straight forward, though a bit of vegetativeness creeps in around the edges.”
vegetism
  1. vegetal state or characteristic
veggo
  1. (Australia, slang) A vegetarian.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Jessie, a committed veggo, always impresses us with their creative plant-based recipes.”
vegetist
  1. (archaic) vegetarian
  2. Examples:
    1. “Our JH Andrews, a nephalist and vegetist of lifelong standing.”
vegetive
  1. (obsolete) vegetable
vegetations
  1. plural of vegetation (in pathology)
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Landcare representatives say whilst the black bean is a local species it is not native to the coast and goes against the Council's vegetations management plans.”
      “Sometimes the valves become covered by fibrinous, fleshy, or hard vegetations, or excrescences.”
      “The cysts thus formed may be unilocular or multilocular, and intra-cystic papillary vegetations frequently grow from their walls.”
vegetarianisms
  1. plural of vegetarianism
vegecultures
  1. plural of vegeculture
vegetarians
  1. plural of vegetarian
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “But many vegetarians don't eat enough of these foods either, instead filling up on junky foods like French fries and glazed donuts.”
      “Dance said the society is trying to embrace all vegetarians, regardless of their reasons for abstaining from meat.”
      “Show vegetarians the courtesy of either a separate barbecue or a fresh gridiron.”
vegetables
  1. plural of vegetable
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “By this method, the Chinese cooked fragile pancakes of millet or wheat flour, which they filled with wafer-thin vegetables and meat slices.”
      “The upper floors serve as the couple's home, complete with a spectacular roof-deck garden ablaze with flowers, plants, and vegetables.”
      “Remove the stalk from leafy vegetables such as sorrel, spinach and silverbeet.”
veganisms
  1. plural of veganism
vegetists
  1. plural of vegetist
vegelates
  1. plural of vegelate
vegetives
  1. plural of vegetive
vegetals
  1. plural of vegetal
veggies
  1. plural of veggie
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Everyone loves the wholesome nutrition of vegetables, but is there really much of that in frozen mixed veggies?”
      “Avoid uncooked food, such as raw fruits and vegetables, instead sticking to cooked veggies and meats.”
      “The curry was out of the freezer, but was originally made with chickpeas, some veggies and a jar of organic tikka masala sauce.”
vegans
  1. plural of vegan
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Dietary-related vitamin B12 deficiency is rare, but strict vegans may be at risk because their diet excludes the foods that provide this vitamin.”
      “Strict vegans should look for fortified foods, and take a vegetarian B12 supplement.”
      “One might as well propose steak tartare for the banquet of the next world congress of vegans.”
veggos
  1. plural of veggo
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They're just a bunch of veggos trying to bully the tame non-veggos into what they want.”
veggoes
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