Any plant. / A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.

Of or relating to plants. / Of or relating to vegetables.

plural of vegetable

In a vegetative manner; without sexual reproduction. / In terms of vegetation.

Of or pertaining to vegetation.

Characteristic of vegetation / (pathology) growing, or causing growth

simple past tense and past participle of vegetize

(archaic) The state or quality of being a vegetable

(US) To which ingredients found in vegetables have been added, especially minerals and vitamins.

(intransitive, chiefly figuratively) To be in a vegetative state. / (transitive, chiefly figuratively) To put into a vegetative state.