vegetative
ve·ge·ta·tive
adjective
1.
2.
used of involuntary bodily functions
- “vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation”
3.
(of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
4.
composed of vegetation or plants
- “regions rich in vegetal products”
- “vegetational cover”
- “the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor”
Origin
From Middle French végétatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus, from past participle stem of vegetare.
Phrases
- brain dead
- persistive vegetative state
- vegetative cell
- vegetative nervous system
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