vegetāˈtion noun

1. The process of vegetating
2. Vegetable growth
3. A plantlike growth
4. Plants growing in the mass
5. A plant (obsolete)

vegetāˈtional adjective

vegˈetātive adjective

1. Growing, as plants
2. Producing growth in plants
3. Concerned with the life of the individual rather than of the race (biology)
4. By means of vegetative organs, not special reproductive structures (biology)
5. Relating to unconscious or involuntary bodily functions as resembling the process of vegetable growth (biology)
6. Without intellectual activity, unprogressive

vegˈetātively adverb

vegˈetātiveness noun

vegetative nervous system noun

The nervous system regulating involuntary bodily activity, as the secretion of the glands, the beating of the heart, etc

vegetative organs plural noun

Leaves, stems, roots

vegetative reproduction noun

1. Reproduction by detachment of part of the plant-body
2. Budding