veggie
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veg·gie
also veg·ie (vĕj′ē)n. Informal
1. A vegetable.
2. A vegetarian.
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veggie
(ˈvɛdʒɪ)n, adj
an informal word for vegetarian
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
veg•gie
or veg•ie
(ˈvɛdʒ i)n. Informal.
1. a vegetable.
2. a vegetarian.
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| Noun | 1. |  veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plantgarden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce - fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market julienne, julienne vegetable - a vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish) rabbit food, raw vegetable - an uncooked vegetable legume - the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) potherb - any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning greens, leafy vegetable, green - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables solanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon root vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers cruciferous vegetable - a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts squash - edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable cuke, cucumber - cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons artichoke, globe artichoke - a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart artichoke heart - the tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower asparagus - edible young shoots of the asparagus plant bamboo shoot - edible young shoots of bamboo onion - an aromatic flavorful vegetable leek - related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves cardoon - only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related to artichokes celery - stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning gumbo, okra - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews mushroom - fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi pumpkin - usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn plantain - starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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Translations
grönsakvegetarianvegetarisk
veggie
[ˈvedʒɪ]B. N → vegetariano/a m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
veggie
[ˈvɛdʒi] adj (mainly British) (= vegetarian) → végétarien(ne)
n
(mainly British) (= vegetarian) → végétarien(ne) m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
veggie
(inf)n
(= vegetarian) → Vegetarier(in) m(f)
veggies pl (US) = veg
adj (= vegetarian) → vegetarisch
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
veggie
[ˈvɛdʒɪ] n & adj (fam) → vegetariano/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
veggie
(fam) V. vegetable.English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.