vegetative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous
    vegetive.
    • a dull vegetative lifestyle
  2. adjective composed of vegetation or plants
    vegetal; vegetational.
    • regions rich in vegetal products
    • vegetational cover
    • the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor
  3. adjective satellite relating to involuntary bodily functions
    • vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation
  4. adjective satellite (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
    vegetal.

WordNet

Veg"e*ta*tive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. végétatif.
Definitions
  1. Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating.
  2. Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil.
  3. (Biol.) Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, apart from the sensorial or distinctively animal functions; vegetal. -- Veg"e*ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Veg"e*ta*tive*ness, n.

Webster 1913