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vegetative definition

veg·eta·tive (vej′ə tāt′iv)

adjective

    1. of vegetation, or plants
    2. of or concerned with vegetation, or plant growth
  2. growing, or capable of growing, as plants
  3. designating or of those functions or parts of plants concerned with growth and nutrition as distinguished from reproduction
  4. capable of causing growth in plants; fertile vegetative material
  5. vegetational
  6. involuntary or passive like the growth of plants; showing little mental activity a vegetative existence
  7. Zool. of or pertaining to reproduction by budding or other asexual method

Etymology: ME < ML vegetativus < L vegetatus: see vegetate

Also vegetive veg′·etive (-tiv)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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