{s} concerning plants and plant growth; relating to development and growth (as opposed to sexual reproduction); having a dull or excessively immobile lifestyle
Not flowering The stage of development when a plant is producing only roots, stems and leaves, that is, the vegetative organs
Of, or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction
Vegetative means non-reproductive or relating to the nonsexual organs of a plant, such as root, stem and leaves
used of involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation"
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
in describing microbial developmental stages, a metabolically active feeding and dividing form, as opposed to a dormant, seemingly inert, nondividing form (e g a bacterial cell vs its spore)
If someone is in a vegetative state, they are unable to move, think, or speak, and their condition is not likely to improve. She was in what was described as a vegetative state
composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor"
of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle
Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil
used of involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation" of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle