VEGETABLE  (See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. vegetabilis, full of See also:

• LIFE

life, :animating, from vegetate, frequentative of vegere to quicken, arouse, vegetus, as a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• TERM

term for See also:

• PLANTS

plants (q.v.), and specifically, in popular. See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, of such plants as can be eaten by See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

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 See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

FRUIT . For the See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany and cultivation of vegetables see under the specific names, e.g . See also:

• POTATO
• POTATO (Solanum tuberosum)

POTATO, See also:

• TURNIP

TURNIP, &c .