vegetive

vegetive

English

Adjective

vegetive (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) vegetable
2. Of or pertaining to vegetation.

   Synonym: vegetative

Noun

vegetive (plural vegetives)

1. (obsolete) vegetable
   • William Shakespeare, Pericles

     I have
     (Together with my practice) made familiar
     To me and to my aid, the blest infusions
     That dwell in vegetives, in metals, stones […]

   • Sandys

     Hence vegetives receive their fragrant birth,
     And clothe the naked bosom of the earth.