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lachanophobia

/ˌlækənəˈfəʊbɪə/

lachanophobia noun: an irrational fear of vegetables.

Noun

lachanophobia (uncountable)

  1. An irrational fear of vegetables.
    • All in all, I'd like to state that it was lachanophobia that sparked this.2007, Clarence Cheong, “Food Fiesta on Sun (11 Nov)”, in west cell (Usenet)
    • “I thought recovered memories were traumatic. What's traumatic about citrus fruit?”
      “Lachanophobia,” he says. “That's the fear of vegetables. It stands to reason that there's one for the rest of the food pyramid, too.”2007, Jodi Picoult, Vanishing acts

lachanophobia meaning in Tamil

lachanophobia in Tamil

காய் கனி வெருளி

Examples of lachanophobia in a sentence

  • She suffers from a fear known as lachanophobia, which leaves her sweating and stricken with panic attacks at the merest sight of a sprout or a pea.2009 November 9, “Woman diagnosed with fear of vegetables”, in The Telegraph:
  • “[…] ‘lachanophobia,’ which appears to be an irrational fear of vegetables.” He leaned forward conspiratorially.2013, John Connolly, The Wrath of Angels: A Charlie Parker Thriller, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 145:

Origin of lachanophobia

From Ancient Greek λάχανον (lákhanon, “greens, vegetables”) + -phobia.

Questions about lachanophobia

What does lachanophobia mean?
Lachanophobia means an irrational fear of vegetables.
What is lachanophobia in Tamil?
Lachanophobia in Tamil is காய் கனி வெருளி. See Lachanophobia meaning in Tamil.
How do you use lachanophobia in a sentence?
She suffers from a fear known as lachanophobia, which leaves her sweating and stricken with panic attacks at the merest sight of a sprout or a pea.
What part of speech is lachanophobia?
Lachanophobia is a noun.
How do you pronounce lachanophobia?
Lachanophobia is pronounced /ˌlækənəˈfəʊbɪə/.

Words near lachanophobia in the dictionary

  1. Lach
  2. Lachance
  3. Lachances
  4. lachanophobe
  5. lachanophobes
  6. lachanophobia
  7. Lachapelle
  8. Lachapelles
  9. Lachen
  10. lachenalia
  11. lachenalias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lachanophobia (page history and authors); lachanophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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