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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024veg•e•ta•tive (vej′i tā′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - Botanygrowing or developing as or like plants; vegetating.
- Botanyof, pertaining to, or concerned with vegetation or vegetable growth.
- Botanyof or pertaining to the plant kingdom.
- Botanynoting the parts of a plant not specialized for reproduction.
- (of reproduction) asexual.
- denoting or pertaining to those bodily functions that are performed unconsciously or involuntarily.
- having the power to produce or support growth in plants:vegetative mold.
- Developmental Biologycharacterized by a lack of activity;
inactive;
passive:a vegetative state.
Also, veg•e•tive (vej′i tiv).USA pronunciation - Medieval Latin vegetātīvus. See vegetate, -ive
- Middle English vegetatyf 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vegetative /ˈvɛdʒɪtətɪv/ adj - of, relating to, or denoting the nonreproductive parts of a plant, i.e. the stems, leaves, and roots, or growth that does not involve the reproductive parts
- (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
- of or relating to functions such as digestion, growth, and circulation rather than sexual reproduction
- (of a style of living) dull, stagnant, unthinking, or passive
ˈvegetatively adv veg•e•tate /ˈvɛdʒɪˌteɪt/USA pronunciation v. [no object], -tat•ed, -tat•ing. - to grow as or like a plant.
- to lead an inactive life without much physical, mental, or social activity.
veg•e•ta•tive, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024veg•e•tate (vej′i tāt′),USA pronunciation v.i., -tat•ed, -tat•ing. - to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
- to be passive or unthinking;
to do nothing:to lie on the beach and vegetate. - Pathologyto grow, or increase by growth, as an excrescence.
- Latin vegetātus (past participle of vegetāre to quicken, enliven), equivalent. to veget(us) lively (origin, originally past participle of vegēre to give vigor) + -ātus -ate1
- 1595–1605
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