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What is the difference between flower and vegetable?

flower | vegetable |

As nouns the difference between flower and vegetable

is that flower is a colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction or flower can be something that flows, such as a river while vegetable is any plant.

As a verb flower

is to put forth blooms.

As a adjective vegetable is

of or relating to plants.

flower

English

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Alternative forms

* flowre (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) flour, from (etyl) flur, from (etyl) (more at (l)).

Noun