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Definitions for: Vegetative
[adj] composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor"
[adj] (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
[adj] (physiology) used of involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation"
[adj] of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle"
Webster (1913) Definition: Veg"e*ta*tive, a. [Cf. F. v['e]g['e]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.
Synonyms: asexual, involuntary, nonsexual, vegetable, vegetal, vegetational, vegetive
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