Vegetable

(věj'e-ta-bl.) [From L. veg eto, I invigorate.] (Bot.) In a scientific sense, V. is a term synonymous with plant. Organic nature is divided into the Animal kingdom, (see ANIMAL,) and the V. kingdom, (see BOTANY.) In a more special sense, the term V. is applied to any esculent plant.-Vegetation is the term employed to denote the growth of plants. Vegetable Ivory. (Bot.) See PHYTELEPHAS. Vegetable Marrow. (Bot.) See CUCURBIT A CEE. Vegetal, (věj'o -tal.) [From L. vegetus, exhibiting life.] (Physiol.) A term applied to the cla of vital phenomena common to plants and animals; viz., digestion and nutritive a imilation, growth, absorption, secretion, excretion, circulation, respiration, generation; as contra distinguished from the second cla of vital phenomena, viz., sensation and volition peculiar to animals. The first are called the vegetal functions, the second the animal functions; and the powers or forces on which they depend have been tor med, respectively, the vegetal life, and the animal life. an island of the Adriatic Sea,belonging to Austria, and lying to the N.W.of the Gulf of Quarnero, with a C. town of sn ine name. Ext. 23 m. in length, by 12 in breadth. Pop. 16,580. (va'e-kl.) [FromL. vehiculum.] (Pharm.) Any preparation which serves as a means for introducing medicine into the stomach.-(Paint.) The medium, or liquid used in the diluted preparation of pigments,before application to the surface of the subject in hand. [s. 931]