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Vegetative

//ˈvɛd͡ʒəteɪtɪv// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
  2. 2
    Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction.

    "In Lejeuneaceae vegetative branches normally originate from the basiscopic basal portion of a lateral segment half, as in the Radulaceae, and the associated leaves, therefore, are quite unmodified."

  3. 3
    Physically inactive.
  4. 4
    Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to involuntary bodily functions wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous wordnet
  4. 4
    composed of vegetation or plants wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French végétatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus, from past participle stem of vegetare.

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