vegetable existence

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• vegetable — /vej teuh beuhl, vej i teuh /, n. 1. any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower. 2. the edible part of such a… …   Universalium

• vegetable — n. & adj. n. 1 Bot. any of various plants, esp. a herbaceous plant used wholly or partly for food, e.g. a cabbage, potato, turnip, or bean. 2 colloq. a a person who is incapable of normal intellectual activity, esp. through brain injury etc. b a… …   Useful english dictionary

• vegetable — [vej′tə bəl, vej′ə təbəl] adj. [ME < ML vegetabilis, vegetative, capable of growth < LL, animating, enlivening < L vegetare: see VEGETATE] 1. of, or having the nature of, plants in general [the vegetable kingdom] 2. of, having the nature …   English World dictionary

• Vegetable Lamb of Tartary — The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (Latin: Agnus scythicus or Planta Tartarica Barometz ) is a semi legendary plant of central Asia, believed to growFact|date=October 2008 sheep as its fruit. The sheep were connected to the plant by an umbilical and… …   Wikipedia

• veg|e|ta|ble — «VEHJ tuh buhl, VEHJ uh », noun, adjective. –n. 1. a plant whose fruit, seeds, shoots or stems, leaves, roots, or other parts are used for food. Peas, corn, lettuce, tomatoes, and beets are vegetables. 2. the part of such a plant which is used… …   Useful english dictionary

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• Ethereal being — Water nymph by John Collier, 1923. Ethereal beings, according to some belief systems and occult theories, are mystic entities that usually are not made of ordinary matter. Despite the fact that they are believed to be essentially incorporeal,… …   Wikipedia

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