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VEGETABLE

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 967 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VAN-VIR
VEGETABLE (
Late
  Lat. vegetabilis, full of
life
 , :animating, from vegetate, frequentative of vegere to quicken, arouse, vegetus,
as a
general
 
term
  for
plants
  (q.v.), and specifically, in popular. language, of such
plants
  as can be eaten by man or animals, whether cooked or raw, and whether the whole of such plants are edible, or only the leaves or the roots or tubers. Among such edible or culinary plants or portions of plants, a further distinction is made popularly between "fruits " and " vegetables," for which see
FRUIT
 .
For the
botany
  and cultivation of vegetables see under the specific names, e.g.
POTATO
 ,
TURNIP
 , &c. &c., and generally, ORrICULTURE,


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