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vegetable kingdom

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noun

  1. another name for plant kingdom

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The vegetable kingdom has lots of options that are full of moisture.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

Especially when you’re loading up on some of the healthiest in the vegetable kingdom.

From Fox News • Feb. 6, 2022

We apply the terms “invasive” and “native” to the vegetable kingdom.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

And if you think about it, the range of flavors and textures in the vegetable kingdom is actually much more so than the range of flavors and textures and the meat kingdom, right?

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2021

Had Darwin endeavoured to support his hypothesis by facts, he would, at least in the vegetable kingdom, have found little to favour his cause.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John