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noun
A garden where vegetables or herbs are grown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: kitchen garden, vegetable garden
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English wortȝerd, woorteȝerd, wyrteard, from Old English wyrtġeard (“vegetable garden”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurtigard (“vegetable garden”), equivalent to wort + yard. Cognate with German Wurzgarten, Würzgarten, Swedish örtgård (“herb garden”).
