vegetal

See also végétal

English

Adjective

vegetal (comparative more vegetal, superlative most vegetal)

1. pertaining to vegetables or other plants (as opposed to animal)
   • Burton

     All creatures vegetal, sensible, and rational.

2. (wine) having a grassy, herbaceous taste

Translations

pertaining to vegetables or other plants

• Esperanto: vegetala (eo)
• Portuguese: vegetal (pt) m and f

• Spanish: vegetal (es)

Noun

vegetal (plural vegetals)

1. (obsolete) Any vegetable organism.
   • Burton

     This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles.

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Portuguese

Noun

vegetal m (plural vegetais)

1. vegetable (edible material derived from a plant)
2. (figuratively) vegetable (person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment)

Synonyms

• (edible material derived from a plant):, verdura f, planta f, erva f, hortaliça f

Adjective

vegetal m and f (plural vegetais; comparable)

1. Relative to plants and vegetables

   Célula vegetal.

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Spanish

Adjective

vegetal m and f (plural vegetales)

1. vegetal

Noun

vegetal m (plural vegetales)

1. vegetable

Synonyms

• verdura f