释义 |
vegetativeveg‧e‧ta‧tive /ˈvedʒətətɪv $ -teɪtɪv/ adjective [only before noun]  - A further source of vegetative reproduction lies in the rhizomes of numerous species.
- For these plants we are of course still dependent on vegetative reproduction.
- One parent plant can provide up to twenty new ones from four to five stalks during the vegetative period.
- Originally he would have symbolised vegetative fertility, and possibly even the sacrificial May King.
- Propagation is by means of the vegetative buds appearing on the leaves.
► vegetative reproduction/propagationNOUN► propagation· The second method, budding is where vegetative propagation becomes distinctly more involved, difficult - and interesting.· A period of vegetative propagation follows.· With some Aponogeton and with larger Echinodorus vegetative propagation usually takes place spontaneously, with exceptions.· Of the species whose vegetative propagation is rapid, the small plants forming a green lawn over the bottom prove most useful. ► reproduction· A further source of vegetative reproduction lies in the rhizomes of numerous species.· For these plants we are of course still dependent on vegetative reproduction.· One of these methods of vegetative reproduction is typical for some species; others utilize both methods mentioned above.· In addition, the plants obtained by vegetative reproduction are relatively mature and develop quickly. ► state· He had been in a persistent vegetative state since being crushed in the Hillsborough disaster on April 15, 1989. 1technical relating to plants, and particularly to the way they grow or make new plantsvegetative reproduction/propagation2a vegetative state a condition in which someone cannot think or move because their brain has been damaged |