Thesaurus: vegetative

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1. a. Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating.
2. a. Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil.
3. a. 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.
4. adj. composed of vegetation or plants
5. adj. of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous
6. adj. relating to involuntary bodily functions
7. adj. (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
8. 1. Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating. 2. Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil. 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. -- Veg"e*ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Veg"e*ta*tive*ness, n.
9. Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simplegrowth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, apart from thesensorial or distinctively animal functions; vegetal.-- Veg"e*ta*tive*ly, adv.-- Veg"e*ta*tive*ness, n.
10. j:100 a. of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous s. relating to involuntary bodily functions