English Dictionary: vegetative | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for vegetative | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
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. |