VEGETABLE
ADJECTIVES
– CALLER of fish, vegetables, etc.: fresh, in proper season, newly caught or gathered …1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HASTIF; HASTIVE of fruit and vegetables: maturing early …1727-51 obs.
– HASTING of fruits or vegetables: that ripens early …1578 obs.
– RANDED of fruit and vegetables: specked, bruised on the outer coat, but not beyond …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAUNCH of vegetable food: green, uncooked, raw …1884 Eng. dial.
– VEGETATIVE obtained or derived from vegetables or plants …1662 obs. rare
– VEGETIVE pert. to vegetables or plants …1526
– VEGETIVOROUS feeding on vegetables or plants …1859
NOUNS
– ALFALFA dried spinach or other dehydrated vegetables …1920s sl.
– BALED HAY dehydrated vegetables …1916 US Army sl.
– FRESHIES fresh fruit and vegetables …1990 Antarctica usage
– GARDEN-SASS vegetables for the table, grown in the garden …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– GARDEN-STUFF plants grown in a garden; vegetables for the table …a1687
– GRASS green vegetables; salad leaves …1867 sl. rare
– GREENINGS the leafy tops of vegetables; vegetables …1940 Amer. dial.
– GREEN SAUCE garden vegetables, produce …1867 Amer. dial.
– GRIGGLES small, worthless fruit, vegetables, etc., left after gathering …1827 Eng. dial.
– HASTING an early-ripening fruit or vegetable …1573 obs.
– KEGGY decaying vegetables or food …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– LONG SAUCE root vegetables, esp. those with elongated roots; a prepared dish of such vegetables …1809 Amer. dial. obs.
– RARE-RIPE an early fruit or vegetable …1799 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– RATHE-RIPES early fruit and vegetables, esp. peas and apples …1677 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SALAD any green vegetables …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SALADING herbs and vegetables for a salad …1664
– SALETTING; SALLETIN vegetables for a salad …1848 Ireland & Eng. dial.
– SALLADING vegetables for a salad …1848 Ireland & Eng. dial.
– SASS fresh or preserved vegetables or fruit eaten as part of a meal or as a relish …1775 US colloq.
– SASS HOLE a place to store vegetables, esp. garden vegetables; a root cellar …1906 Amer. dial.
– SAUCE vegetables, esp. green vegetables eaten with meat …1775 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– SCORE of vegetables such as cucumbers, asparagus, etc., sold for growing: twenty-one …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHORT SAUCE potatoes, turnips, onions, pumpkins, etc. …1809 Amer. dial.
– SOUP BUNCH a small bundle of vegetables for soup …1923 Amer. dial.
– UNDERLING a small or inferior fruit or vegetable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TABLE GARDEN a vegetable garden for home consumption …1917 Amer. dial.
– VEG vegetables …1898 UK sl.
– VEGE a vegetable …1950s sl.
– VEGEBLES vegetables …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VEGETAL a plant; a vegetable …1599
– VEGETANT a vegetable …1605 obs.
– VEGETATIVE vegetable or plant …1634 obs.
– VEGETIVE a plant, a vegetable …1602
– VEGETLES vegetables …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VEGGIE; VEGGY; VEGIE; VEGY a vegetable …1955 US
– WARE field-produce, crops, vegetables …1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
– AH CABBAGE JOHN; CABBAGE JOHN a Chinese vegetable seller …1900s Aust. sl.
– HARVESTMAN a person who sells vegetables or other articles from a wagon or truck, going from house to house …1968 Amer. dial.
– KAIL-SELLER a greengrocer; one who sells vegetables …Bk1825 Sc.
– KAIL-WIFE a woman who sells vegetables and herbs; a female greengrocer …a1779 Sc.
– SAUCE-MAN one who deals in vegetables …1837 US
– VEGETIST one who is concerned with the growth or cultivation of vegetable products …1778 nonce word obs.
VERBS
1838 ► VEGETATE to provide or supply with vegetables → rare
1942 ► SCHNITZEL to cut a vegetable into shreds → Amer. dial.
1973 ► SCHITZEL to cut a vegetable into shreds → Amer. dial.
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