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English Dictionary: vegetative by the DICT Development Group
2 results for vegetative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vegetative
adj
  1. of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle"
    Synonym(s): vegetative, vegetive
  2. composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor"
    Synonym(s): vegetal, vegetational, vegetative
  3. relating to involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation"
  4. (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
    Synonym(s): vegetal, vegetative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vegetative \Veg"e*ta*tive\, a. [Cf. F. v[82]g[82]tatif.]
      1. Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants;
            capable of vegetating.
  
      2. Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the
            vegetative properties of soil.
  
      3. (Biol.) Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking
            of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of
            nutrition, apart from the sensorial or distinctively
            animal functions; vegetal. -- {Veg"e*ta*tive*ly}, adv. --
            {Veg"e*ta*tive*ness}, n.
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