vegetative

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See also: végétative

English

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Etymology

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From Middle French végétatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus, from past participle stem of vegetare.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛd͡ʒəteɪtɪv/

Adjective

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vegetative (comparative more vegetative, superlative most vegetative)

  1. Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
  2. (biology) Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:
      In Lejeuneaceae vegetative branches normally originate from the basiscopic basal portion of a lateral segment half, as in the Radulaceae, and the associated leaves, therefore, are quite unmodified.
  3. Physically inactive.
  4. (medicine) Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.

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German

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vegetative

  1. inflection of vegetativ:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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vegetative

  1. feminine plural of vegetativo