vegetative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction.
Physically inactive.
Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.

/ˈvɛd͡ʒəteɪtɪv/

vegetative more vegetative most vegetative

From Middle French végétatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus, from past participle stem of vegetare.

comatose brain dead

persistive vegetative state vegetative cell vegetatively vegetative nervous system vegetativeness

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