Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A vegetable.
  • noun A vegetarian.

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  • noun informal A vegetable.
  • noun informal A vegetarian.
  • adjective informal vegetarian; suitable for vegetarians
  • adjective Vegetable-like.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

Etymologies

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From pronounced stem of vegetable or vegetarian +‎ -ie

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Examples

  • Put in veggie broth or chicken broth, fish, scallops, crab.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway papersky 2009

  • I don't want to come off as a touf-eating pasifist, (my favorite veggie is chicken), but it is a very Zen/Taoist thing to clear your mind and just let the arrow hit the target.

    Shooting With an Empty Mind 2008

  • The next veggie is a poised and pretty, long strands of green blending into white ...

    Archive 2007-05-01 Nupur 2007

  • VELSHI: That is so open-minded of her because Lisa and I have this conversation everyday about eating more healthfully and treating my body better, which is why I called her veggie burger earlier.

    CNN Transcript May 6, 2009 2009

  • I love their almost creaminess - I much prefer them in veggie chili to red kidney beans.

    Uncle Albert, Juneteenth and lima beans | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007

  • And with bird Flu coming our way too, veggie is the way to go ... thnks for mentioning ...

    Potato & Ridge Gourd Curry ◄ | A Veggie Venture 2006

  • Another important "V" veggie is vatana or green peas.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Nupur 2006

  • Even the cleaning staff were happy to do their part by bringing in veggie sandwiches for lunch.’

    Separating Art from Idiocy 2009

  • We're talking about spinach, we're talking about a snack product called veggie booty, we're talking about peanut butter.

    CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2007 2007

  • Carotenoids, vitamin C, potassium and fiber are just a few of the benefits of eating this savory-sweet veggie, which is ranked among the highest vegetables on the nutrition scale.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

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