vegetal Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective composed of vegetation or plants
vegetative; vegetational.
- regions rich in vegetal products
- vegetational cover
- the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor
adjective satellite (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
vegetative.

F. végétal. See Vegetable.

Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom; of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable.
All creatures vegetal, sensible, and rational. Burton.
(Biol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals.