🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

菜园

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cài yuán

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vegetable Garden/ˈvɛdʒtəbl ˈɡɑːrdən/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她在菜园里种植蔬菜。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A plot of land where vegetables are cultivated.

    "She spends her weekends tending to her vegetable garden, growing tomatoes and cucumbers."
  2. 2

    An area dedicated to the cultivation of edible plants, particularly vegetables.

    "The community vegetable garden provides fresh produce for local families."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'vegetable' originates from the Latin 'vegetabilis', meaning 'growing, flourishing', which evolved through Old French before entering English in the late Middle Ages. 'Garden' comes from the Old English 'geard', meaning 'enclosure', reflecting the practice of cultivating plants in a defined area.

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