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- pronunciation:
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- features:
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A vegetable is a plant or part of a plant that is used for food. Lettuce, onions, carrots, and potatoes are some vegetables.
Anthony doesn't like cooked vegetables, but he likes salads.
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produce |
In the 1300s, the word vegetable meant "living and growing." The word's modern meaning, "a plant that is cultivated for food," began to be used in the mid-1700s. The origin of the word "vegetable" is the Latin word vegetabilis, which means "to give energy to" or "enliven."
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broader categories that include vegetable |
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crop, food, plant, produce |
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see/see also vegetable |
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plant |
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some activities involving vegetables |
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cook, eat, grow, peel, plant, raise, store |
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some components of vegetables |
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iron, mineral, sugar |
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some examples of vegetables |
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bean, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, corn, cucumber, lettuce, onion, pea, pepper, potato, spinach, squash |
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some kinds of preserved vegetables |
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frozen |
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some parts of vegetables |
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peel, seed, skin |
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some people associated with vegetables |
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cook, farmer |
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some places for vegetables |
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farm, field, garden, grocery, market, supermarket |
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some things that produce vegetables |
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blossom, flower, seed |
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