(v.) Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or
produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices,
etc.
(v.) Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable
kingdom.
(v.) Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds.
(v.) Plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute
spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division.
(n.) A plant. See Plant.
(n.) A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic
animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also,
the edible part of such a plant, as prepared for market or the table.