vegetative

See also: végétative

English

Etymology

From Middle French végétatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛdʒəteɪtɪv/

Adjective

vegetative (comparative more vegetative, superlative most vegetative)

Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
(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, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →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.
Physically inactive.
(medicine) Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.

Related terms

persistent vegetative state
vegetatively
vegetativeness

German

Adjective

vegetative

inflected form of vegetativ

Italian

Adjective

vegetative

feminine plural of vegetativo

单词	vegetative
释义	vegetative See also: végétative English Etymology From Middle French végétatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ˈvɛdʒəteɪtɪv/ Adjective vegetative (comparative more vegetative, superlative most vegetative) Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth. (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, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →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. Physically inactive. (medicine) Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts. Related terms persistent vegetative state vegetatively vegetativeness See also comatose brain dead German Adjective vegetative inflected form of vegetativ Italian Adjective vegetative feminine plural of vegetativo
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