vegetative
vegetative Lexical Profile
vegetative Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Relating to plants or plant growth, especially the non-reproductive processes of nutrition and development as distinct from sexual reproduction.
"Many gardeners propagate spider plants through vegetative reproduction by rooting the small plantlets in damp soil."
Relating to a severe neurological condition in which a patient loses higher brain function and conscious awareness while retaining involuntary bodily functions such as breathing and circulation.
"Following the severe head injury, the patient remained in a persistent vegetative state for several months."
Relating to the involuntary or autonomic physiological functions of the body, such as digestion, respiration, and metabolism.
"Clinicians carefully monitor vegetative symptoms like disrupted sleep and changes in appetite when diagnosing clinical depression."
Characterized by passive, uneventful, or intellectually unstimulating existence.
"After retiring without any hobbies, he worried about slipping into a dull, vegetative routine in front of the television."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English, via Old French from Medieval Latin vegetativus, derived from Latin vegetare ('to enliven' or 'to animate'), from vegetus ('vigorous' or 'active').