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adj
Of or pertaining to a kitchen garden; used for culinary purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any plant used for culinary purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
From Latin olitōrius (“of or related to gardeners, produce, or vegetables”), from olitor (“gardener, seller of vegetables or herbs”), from olus + -itō (“forming frequentative verbs”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), variant of holus (“vegetable”), from Old Latin helus, believed to come from unattested Proto-Italic *helos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhélh3-s ~ *ǵhl̥h3-és, from *ǵhelh3- (“green, yellow”) + *-s. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gulaz (“yellow”).
