Definition of "vegetativeness" []

• The character of being vegetative, in any sense. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Your favorite exterminator and mine, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, "apologized" yesterday for threatening federal judges because they refused to prolong Terri Schiavo's persistent vegetativeness."
• "Yesterday I reached a state of vegetativeness not seen since high school days."
• "It’s subtly mandarin, and you can still taste the green tea’s vegetativeness through it."