vegetable
noun
[ ˈvɛdʒtəb(ə)l ]
• a plant or part of a plant used as food, such as a cabbage, potato, turnip, or bean.
• "fresh fruit and vegetables"
• a person with a dull or inactive life.
• "I thought I'd sort of flop back and be a vegetable for a bit"
vegetable
adjective
• relating to plants or plant life, especially as distinct from animal life or mineral substances.
• "decaying vegetable matter"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘growing as a plant’): from Old French, or from late Latin vegetabilis ‘animating’, from Latin vegetare (see vegetate). The noun dates from the late 16th century.
