<B>vegetable butter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fixed vegetable oil, solid at ordinary temperatures. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetablefat">
<B>vegetable fat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> fat derived from vegetables or vegetable oils. <BR> <I>Ex. The main sources of edible oils and fats are vegetable fats (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vegetableivory">
<B>vegetable ivory,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the hard endosperm or albumen of the ivory nut, resembling ivory in hardness, color, and texture, used especially for ornamental work and buttons. <DD><B> 2. </B>the hard brown shell of the coquilla nut, used similarly. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetablekingdom">
<B>vegetable kingdom,</B> =plant kingdom.</DL>
<A NAME="vegetablelamb">
<B>vegetable lamb,</B> =tartarian lamb.</DL>
<A NAME="vegetablemarrow">
<B>vegetable marrow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an oblong squash with a green skin that turns light yellow, used especially in Great Britain as a vegetable; marrow. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetableoil">
<B>vegetable oil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any oil obtained from the fruit or seeds of plants, such as olive oil, peanut oil, corn oil, and linseed oil, used in cooking, medicines, and paints, and for lubrication. <BR> <I>Ex. Sunflower seed production is being boosted to provide more vegetable oil (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vegetableoyster">
<B>vegetable oyster,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a vegetable with a root that tastes somewhat like an oyster; salsify. </DL>
<B>vegetable silk,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cottonlike fiber borne on the seeds of a Brazilian tree of the bombax family, used especially for stuffing cushions. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetabletallow">
<B>vegetable tallow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fatty substance obtained from various plants, used in making candles, soap, and lubricants. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetablewax">
<B>vegetable wax,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wax or waxlike substance obtained from plants or vegetable growths. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetablize">
<B>vegetablize, </B>verb, <B>-blized,</B> <B>-blizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to be or live like a vegetable; lead a monotonous existence; vegetate. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to convert to a vegetable substance. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetably">
<B>vegetably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in the manner of a vegetable or plant. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetal">
<B>vegetal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of, like, or derived from plants or vegetables. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with the vegetable kingdom. <DD><B> 3a. </B>characterized by, exhibiting, or producing plant life and growth. <DD><B> b. </B>(Obsolete, Figurative.) insensible; insensitive. <BR> <I>Ex. All creatures, vegetal, sensible, and rational (Robert Burton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vegetality">
<B>vegetality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> vegetable character or quality. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetalpole">
<B>vegetal pole,</B> =vegetative pole.</DL>
<A NAME="vegetant">
<B>vegetant, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>giving life and vigor; invigorating. <DD><B> 2. </B>vegetating; vegetable; vegetal. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetarian">
<B>vegetarian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who eats only vegetable foods and refrains from eating meat, fish, or some other animal products, especially one who does so on the basis of principle. <BR> <I>Ex. Most vegetarians exclude meat from their diet, but eat butter, cheese, eggs, and milk (Willard J. Jacobson).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>eating vegetables but no meat. <DD><B> 2. </B>devoted to or advocating vegetarianism. <DD><B> 3. </B>living on vegetables. <BR> <I>Ex. For the prospective breeder, chinchillas have many advantages; they are very friendly, odourless, and entirely vegetarian (New Scientist).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>containing no meat. <BR> <I>Ex. a vegetarian diet.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>serving no meat. <BR> <I>Ex. a vegetarian restaurant.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vegetarianism">
<B>vegetarianism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice of eating only vegetables and refraining from eating meat, fish, or other animal products. <BR> <I>Ex. Vegetarianism is a basic tenet of Hinduism which influences health (Carl E. Taylor).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vegetate">
<B>vegetate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-tated,</B> <B>-tating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to grow or develop as plants do. <BR> <I>Ex. One really lives nowhere; one does but vegetate (Fanny Burney).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to live with very little action, thought, or feeling; exist without material or intellectual achievement. (SYN) loaf, stagnate. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Pathology.) to grow or increase in size abnormally. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetated">
<B>vegetated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> provided with vegetation or plant life. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetation">
<B>vegetation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>plant life; growing plants. <BR> <I>Ex. There is not much vegetation in deserts.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act or process of vegetating; growth of plants. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) an existence similar to that of a vegetable; dull, empty, or stagnant life. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Pathology.) an abnormal growth occurring on some part of the body. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetational">
<B>vegetational, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with vegetation. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] ... recognized the role of precipitation in determining the various vegetational types (Harbaugh and Goodrick).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vegetative">
<B>vegetative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>growing as plants do. <BR> <I>Ex. a weed so vegetative as to infest the whole land.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of plants or plant life. <BR> <I>Ex. a vegetative season.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Botany.) concerned with growth and development rather than reproduction. The roots, stems, and leaves of plants are vegetative organs. <DD><B> 4. </B>causing or promoting growth in plants; productive; fertile. <BR> <I>Ex. vegetative mold.</I> <DD><B> 5a. </B>of or having to do with the unconscious or involuntary functions of the body. <BR> <I>Ex. the vegetative processes of the body, such as growth and repair.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>having only unconscious or involuntary functions of the body. <BR> <I>Ex. The obligation of the physician to the comatose, vegetative, or developmentally disabled patient does not depend upon the prospect for recovery (Time).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Figurative.) having very little action, thought, or feeling. adv. <B>vegetatively.</B> noun <B>vegetativeness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vegetativemultiplication">
<B>vegetative multiplication,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>artificially induced asexual reproduction by which cuttings, branches, and other parts are made to grow independently of the parent plant. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=vegetative reproduction.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vegetativepole">
<B>vegetative pole,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the part of an egg's surface located opposite to the animal pole and usually containing the principal mass of yolk. </DL>
<A NAME="vegetativereproduction">
<B>vegetative reproduction,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> asexual reproduction, as by means of budding and fission. </DL>
<A NAME="vegete">
<B>vegete, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Rare.) healthy; vigorous. <BR> <I>Ex. a vegete countenance, a vegete mind.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="vegetism">
<B>vegetism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> vegetal condition or quality. </DL>
<B>vehemence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> vehement nature or quality; strong feeling; forcefulness; violence. <BR> <I>Ex. The two brothers argued loudly and with vehemence. For eighteen months the controversy raged; while the Queen, with persistent vehemence, opposed the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary (Lytton Strachey).</I> (SYN) fervor, ardor. </DL>
<A NAME="vehemency">
<B>vehemency, </B>noun. =vehemence.</DL>
<A NAME="vehement">
<B>vehement, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having or showing strong feeling; caused by strong feeling; eager; passionate. <BR> <I>Ex. loud and vehement quarrels, vehement partisanship.</I> (SYN) ardent, fervid. <DD><B> 2. </B>acting with or displaying strong feeling or excitement. <BR> <I>Ex. a vehement devotee of modern music.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>performed with unusual force or violence; forceful; violent. <BR> <I>Ex. applause twice as vehement as usual. He finished the job with a vehement burst of energy. I announce a life that shall be copious, vehement, spiritual, bold (Walt Whitman).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>with great strength or violence. <BR> <I>Ex. vehement deluges of rain.</I> adv. <B>vehemently.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="vehicle">
<B>vehicle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>any means of carrying, conveying, or transporting. <BR> <I>Ex. The rockets launched to carry astronauts to the moon are space vehicles.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a carriage, wagon, sled, train, automobile, or other conveyance having wheels or runners and used on land. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a means or medium by which something is communicated, shown, or done. <BR> <I>Ex. Language is the vehicle of thought.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the means by which a substance or property, such as sound or heat, is conveyed or transmitted from one point to another. <DD><B> 4. </B>a substance serving as a means for easier use or application of another substance mixed with it: <DD><B> a. </B>a liquid into which pigment is mixed to apply color to a surface. <BR> <I>Ex. Linseed oil is a vehicle for paint.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a medium, especially a liquid, in which strong or unpalatable drugs or medicines are administered. </DL>
<A NAME="vehicular">
<B>vehicular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with vehicles. <BR> <I>Ex. vehicular traffic, vehicular accidents, a vehicular tunnel.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of the nature of or serving as a vehicle. <BR> <I>Ex. All languageis vehicular and ... is good for conveyance (Emerson).</I> </DL>
