Vegetative Meaning
/ˈvɛd͡ʒəteɪtɪv/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
adjOf or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction.
Sentence Examples
Sami spent the rest of his life in a vegetative state.
Sami was in a vegetative state. He was just a body.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After the severe brain injury, the patient remained in a ____ state for months.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientists observed the ____ growth of the plants to see how they responded to the new type of light today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French végétatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus, from past participle stem of vegetare.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the severe brain injury, the patient remained in a ____ state for months.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientists observed the ____ growth of the plants to see how they responded to the new type of light today.