Noun all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley. The act or process of vegetating. A dull existence; life devoid of mental or social activity.
- Jan 10, 2020 Vegetation Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants, and is, by far, the most abundant biotic element of the biosphere.
- Hill Country Vegetation Background. From Vegetation of the Kerr Wildlife Management Area and its Preference by White-tailed Deer (PDF 1.4 MB). When the Hill Country was settled by European man in the mid-1800s, it was maintained as a grassland savannah largely by grazing habits of bison and antelope as well as by frequent natural and man-made fires.
Related to vegetative: vegetative cell, vegetative bacteria, Vegetative coma
veg·e·ta·tive
(vĕj′ĭ-tā′tĭv) also veg·e·tive(-ĭ-tĭv)adj.1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of plants or their growth.
2. Biology
b. Of, relating to, or functioning in processes such as growth or nutrition rather than reproduction.
c. Of or relating to asexual reproduction, such as fission or budding.
3. Spending much time sitting or lying down; physically inactive.
4. Medicine Of or relating to an impaired level of brain function in which a person responds to certain sensory stimuli but demonstrates no cognitive function.
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vegetative
(ˈvɛdʒɪtətɪv) adj1. (Botany) of, relating to, or denoting the nonreproductive parts of a plant, i.e. the stems, leaves, and roots, or growth that does not involve the reproductive parts
2. (Biology) (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
3. (Biology) of or relating to functions such as digestion, growth, and circulation rather than sexual reproduction
4. (of a style of living) dull, stagnant, unthinking, or passive
ˈvegetativenessn
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veg•e•ta•tive
(ˈvɛdʒ ɪˌteɪ tɪv)adj.
1. growing or developing as or like plants; vegetating.
2. of, pertaining to, or concerned with vegetation or vegetable growth.
3. noting the parts of a plant not specialized for reproduction.
5. noting or pertaining to unconscious or involuntary bodily functions.
6. having the power to produce or support growth in plants: vegetative mold.
Sometimes, veg′e•tive.[1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin]
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| Adj. | 1. | vegetative - of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; 'a dull vegetative lifestyle' |
| 2. | vegetative - composed of vegetation or plants; 'regions rich in vegetal products'; 'vegetational cover'; 'the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor' | |
| 3. | vegetative - relating to involuntary bodily functions; 'vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation' physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms involuntary - controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; 'involuntary muscles'; 'gave an involuntary start' | |
| 4. | vegetative - (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes asexual, nonsexual - not having or involving sex; 'an asexual spore'; 'asexual reproduction' |
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vegetative
[ˈvɛdʒɪtətɪv]adj(MEDICINE) [state, condition] →Vegetation Killer
végétatif/ivepersistent vegetative state → étatmvégétatifchronique, étatmvégétatifpersistant
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vegetative
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vegetative
[ˈvɛdʒɪtətɪv]adj (Vegetation Map
alsoVegetation God
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Bot) → vegetativo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
veg·e·ta·tive
1. rel. a funciones de crecimiento y nutrición;
2. rel. a funciones corporales involuntarias o inconscientes;
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vegetative
adj vegetativo; persistent — state estado vegetativo persistenteEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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