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vegetative

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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