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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vegetative \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vegetative
adj 1: of or relating to an activity that is passive and
monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle" [syn: {vegetive}]
2: (physiology) used of involuntary bodily functions;
"vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or
circulation"
3: (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes [syn: {vegetal}]
4: composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal
products; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative
layer covering a forest floor" [syn: {vegetal}, {vegetational}]
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