'Vegetative' definitions:
Definition of 'vegetative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle" [syn: vegetative, vegetive]
adjective
Composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor" [syn: vegetal, vegetational, vegetative]
adjective
Relating to involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation"
adjective
(of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes [syn: vegetal, vegetative]
Definition of 'Vegetative'
From: GCIDE
- Vegetative \Veg"e*ta*tive\, a. [Cf. F. v['e]g['e]tatif.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster] -- {Veg"e*ta*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Veg"e*ta*tive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Vegetative'
- Vegetability,
- Vegetable,
- Vegetal,
- Vegetality,
- Vegetate,
- Vegetated,
- Vegetating,
- Vegetation,
- Vegetatively,
- Vegetativeness,
- Vegete,
- Vegetism,
- Vegetive,
- Vegetous,
- vegetational,
- Vegetable alkali,
- Vegetable brimstone,
- Vegetable butter,
- Vegetable flannel,
- Vegetable gelatin,
- Vegetable ivory,
- Vegetable jelly,
- Vegetable kingdom,
- Vegetable leather,
- Vegetable marrow,
- Vegetable metamorphosis,
- Vegetable oyster,
- Vegetable parchment,
- Vegetable sheep,
- Vegetable silk,
- Vegetable sponge,
- Vegetable sulphur,
- Vegetable tallow,
- Vegetable wax,
- Vegetation of salts,
- cruciferous vegetable,
- julienne vegetable,
- leafy vegetable,
- raw vegetable,
- root vegetable,
- solanaceous vegetable,
- vegetable albumin,
- vegetable fibrin,
- vegetable garden,
- vegetable hummingbird,
- vegetable matter,
- vegetable oil,
- vegetable patch,
- vegetable pear,
- vegetable soup,
- vegetable turpeth,
- vegetative cell,
- italian vegetable marrow