Vegetable - Definition

n 1: edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers
or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
[syn: vegetable, veggie, veg]
2: any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible
part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of
spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of
broccoli or cauliflower