(1):
(v.) Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds.
(2):
(v.) Plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division.
(3):
(v.) Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc.
(4):
(v.) Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(n.) A plant. See Plant.