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vegetable matter

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Noun1.vegetable matter - matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plantvegetable matter - matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant
matter - that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
peat - partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
coal - fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period


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