vegetables

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of vegetable.
  vegetable

  noun

  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.

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vegetables

It was dark and deeply moist, a little earthy without tasting particularly of vegetables, and studded throughout with hunks of chocolate.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

These included refurbishing bikes for donations to the Age Concern Jersey charity, restoring memorial benches, growing plants and vegetables for the prison kitchen and for charity, and helping create wildlife habitats.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

A Mediterranean diet emphasizes plant-based foods such as vegetables, olive oil, and nuts, along with moderate amounts of fish and dairy.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

A produce lobby group asked U.S. health officials to change how they communicate about the recent parasite outbreak, citing sagging sales of fruit and vegetables.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Why comparisons to insects, animals, and even vegetables are so often used to discuss matters that have only to do with humans is a question that philosophers have yet to answer.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Related Words

• flora
• greenery