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  • 81vegetable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Any plant Nouns 1. vegetable kingdom, vegetation, vegetable life; plants, flora, verdure; growth, biome; weed. 2. vegetable, fungus, legume, fruit, nut, seed (see food). 3. tree; acacia, alder, almond,… …

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  • 82gooseberry — [go͞os′ber΄ē, go͞os′bə rē; go͞oz′ber΄ē, go͞oz′bə rē] n. pl. gooseberries [as if < GOOSE + BERRY, but prob. folk etym. form for * grose berie, akin to dial. grosel, gooseberry (< Fr groseille), Du kruisbezie, Ger krausbeere] 1. a small, sour …

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