Broccoli, e.g.

noun

1. A usually herbaceous plant (such as the cabbage, bean, or potato) grown for an edible part that is usually eaten as part of a meal
2. Plant
3. A person having a dull or merely physical existence
4. A person whose mental and physical functioning is severely impaired and especially one who requires supportive measures (such as mechanical ventilation) to survive

adjective

1. Of, relating to, constituting, or growing like plants
2. Consisting of plants vegetational
3. Made from, obtained from, or containing plants or plant products

   "vegetable soup"

4. Resembling or suggesting a plant (as in inertness or passivity)

noun

1. The hard white opaque endosperm of the ivory nut that takes a high polish and is used as a substitute for ivory
2. Ivory nut

noun

1. Any of various smooth-skinned elongated summer squashes with creamy-white to deep green skins

noun

1. An oil of plant origin

noun

1. Salsify

noun

1. Chayote

noun

1. A wax of plant origin secreted commonly in thin flakes by the walls of epidermal cells

noun

1. A vegetable whose foliage or foliage-bearing stalks are the chief edible part

noun

1. Protein from some vegetables and especially soybeans used as a substitute for or added to meat