| a. | 1. | |
| 1. | Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating. | |
| 2. | Having the power to produce growth in plants; | |
| 3. | (Biol.) 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. |
| Adj. | 1. | vegetative - of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle" Synonyms: vegetive |
| 2. | vegetative - used of involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation" | |
| 3. | vegetative - (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes Synonyms: vegetal | |
| 4. | vegetative - composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor" Synonyms: vegetational, vegetal |
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