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comparative more vegetative, superlative most vegetative
Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth. examples
(biology) Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction. quotations
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, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, page 5
Physically inactive. examples
(medicine) Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts. examples