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Definition of "vegetative" []
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of plants or their growth. (adjective)
- Biology Of, relating to, or capable of growth. (adjective)
- Biology Of, relating to, or functioning in processes such as growth or nutrition rather than sexual reproduction. (adjective)
- Biology Of or relating to asexual reproduction, such as fission or budding. (adjective)
- Spending much time sitting or lying down; physically inactive. (adjective)
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Use "vegetative" in a sentence
- ""People like to use the term vegetative roof system," OGS spokeswoman Heather Groll said of the $1.1 million. 32,000-square-foot project."
- "Then it is very probable that the soul of these reptiles is of a different kind from that which we call vegetative soul in plants; that it is a faculty of a superior order, which God has vouchsafed to give to certain portions of matter."
- "The last symptoms are particularly suggestive of a real clinical depression, and are often called vegetative symptoms of depression."