[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vegetative \veg"etative\, a. cf. f. v'eg'etatif.
   1913 webster
   1. growing, or having the power of growing, as plants;
      capable of vegetating.
      1913 webster

   2. having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the
      vegetative properties of soil.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster -- veg"etatively, adv. --
      veg"etativeness, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
veg"etatively veg"etativeness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

vegetative
     adj 1: of or relating to an activity that is passive and
            monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle" syn: vegetive
     2: used of involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions
        such as digestion or growth or circulation"
     3: of reproduction characterized by asexual processes syn: vegetal
     4: composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal
        products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative
        layer covering a forest floor" syn: vegetal, vegetational
see also:
vegetive vegetal vegetational 

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