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vegetal |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vegetal \Veg"e*tal\, a. [F. v['e]g['e]tal. See {Vegetable}.] 1. Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom; of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable. All creatures vegetal, sensible, and rational. --Burton. 2. (Biol.) Of pertaining to or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vegetal \Veg"e*tal\, n. [F.] A vegetable. [R.] --B. Jonson From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vegetal adj 1: (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes [syn: {vegetative}] 2: composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor" [syn: {vegetational}, {vegetative}]
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