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vegetal

adjective

Simple meaning

Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.

Pronunciation

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vehjuhtuhl

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈvɛdʒətəl

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Word Review

Definition

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adjective

  1. Pertaining to vegetables or plants.

  2. wine

    Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
C2 · Proficient (estimated)
Frequency
Rare

Word Aura™

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Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Pertaining to vegetables or plants.

Used this way, vegetal is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use vegetal

  • “Regions rich in vegetal products.”adjective

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Word Family

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Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • vegetablenounDerived noun

    Edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant.

  • vegetationnounDerived noun · specialist

    All the plant life in a particular region or period.

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Synonyms

Sense: pertaining to vegetables or plants

vegetable

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