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vegetative - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'vegetative' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vegetative [ a.]
- Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating.
- Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil.
- 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.

Meaning of 'vegetative' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vegetative [ a]
Meaning (1):
- of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous
Example in sentence:
  • a dull vegetative lifestyle
Meaning (2):
- composed of vegetation or plants
Example in sentence:
  • regions rich in vegetal products;
  • the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor;
  • vegetational cover
3 . vegetative [ s]
Meaning (3):
- relating to involuntary bodily functions
Example in sentence:
  • vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation