Vegetal Definition

vĕjĭ-tl
adjective
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or characteristic of plants.
American Heritage
Relating to growth rather than to sexual reproduction; vegetative.
American Heritage Medicine
Webster's New World

(now rare, historical) Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational). [from 15th c.]

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun

(obsolete, chiefly botany) Any vegetable organism.

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Other Word Forms of Vegetal

Noun

Singular:
vegetal
Plural:
vegetals

Origin of Vegetal

  • Middle English from Medieval Latin vegetālis from Latin vegetāre to enliven vegetable

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin vegetalis, from Latin vegetāre.

    From Wiktionary

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