the 18th century. In 1767, the word was specifically used to mean a "plant cultivated for food, an edible herb or root". The year 1955 saw the first use of the shortened, slang term "veggie".

As an adjective, the word vegetable is used in scientific and technical contexts with a different and much broader meaning, namely of "related to plants" in general, edible or not--as in vegetable matter, vegetable kingdom, vegetable origin, etc.

Terminology

The exact definition of "vegetable" may

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