Vegetative

/ˈvɛd͡ʒəteɪtɪv/

Synonyms for "vegetative" (80 found)

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botanical termmedical term

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vegetative functionvegetative growthvegetative propagationvegetative statevegetative tissue

Collocations

6 entries
vegetative cyclevegetative formvegetative growthvegetative propagationvegetative statevegetative tissue

Inflections

2 entries
more vegetativemost vegetative

Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It may be objected that humans, as opposed to animals, have intelligence, and therefore have the right not to be experimented upon. However, many humans, such as the mentally disabled, those in vegetative states, or babies, either have no intelligence or limited intelligence, and yet no one is arguing they should be subjected to involuntary, damaging experiments.

Source: tatoeba (5969191)

Sami spent the rest of his life in a vegetative state.

Source: tatoeba (6308095)

Sami was in a vegetative state. He was just a body.

Source: tatoeba (6308104)

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.

Source: wiktionary

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