Definitions for vegetativeˈvɛdʒ ɪˌteɪ tɪv
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
veg•e•ta•tiveˈvɛdʒ ɪˌteɪ tɪv(adj.)
growing or developing as or like plants; vegetating.
Category: Botany
of, pertaining to, or concerned with vegetation or vegetable growth.
Category: Botany
noting the parts of a plant not specialized for reproduction.
Category: Botany
(of reproduction) asexual.
Category: Developmental Biology
noting or pertaining to unconscious or involuntary bodily functions.
Category: Physiology
having the power to produce or support growth in plants:
vegetative mold.
Category: Botany
inactive; passive:
a vegetative existence.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Developmental Biology
Origin of vegetative:
1350–1400; ME < ML
veg′e•ta`tive•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
vegetative, vegetive(adj)
of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous
"a dull vegetative lifestyle"
vegetal, vegetational, vegetative(adj)
composed of vegetation or plants
"regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor"
vegetative(adj)
relating to involuntary bodily functions
"vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation"
vegetal, vegetative(adj)
(of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
Wiktionary
vegetative(Adjective)
Of, or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
vegetative(Adjective)
Of, or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction.
vegetative(Adjective)
Physically inactive.
vegetative(Adjective)
Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.
Webster Dictionary
Vegetative(adj)
growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating
Vegetative(adj)
having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil
Vegetative(adj)
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
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