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Meaning of 'vegetal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vegetal [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom; of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable.
- Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals.
2 . Vegetal [ n.]
- A vegetable.

Meaning of 'vegetal' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vegetal [ a]
Meaning (1):
- composed of vegetation or plants
Example in sentence:
  • regions rich in vegetal products;
  • the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor;
  • vegetational cover

Nearby Words:

vega vegetability vegetable vegetality vegetarian vegetarianism vegetate vegetated vegetating vegetation

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