VEGETABLE

I. adjective see: wake Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, constituting, or growing like plants, consisting of plants ; vegetational, made from, obtained from, or containing plants or plant products , resembling or suggesting a plant (as in inertness or passivity), II. noun Date: 15th century plant 1b, a usually herbaceous plant (as the cabbage, bean, or potato) grown for an edible part that is usually eaten as part of a meal, a person whose mental and physical functioning is severely impaired and especially one who requires supportive measures (as mechanical ventilation) to survive