American English pronunciation
How to pronounce vegetative
IPA transcription: [,vɛdʒə'teɪtɪv]
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Adjective
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of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous
“a dull vegetative lifestyle”
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composed of vegetation or plants
“regions rich in vegetal products”
“vegetational cover”
“the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor”
Adjective
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relating to involuntary bodily functions
“vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation”
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(of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
Usage examples
- Vegetative propagules or clippings of mature plants may form plantlets.
- During the germination, the cysts sustain damage and release a large vegetative cell.
- Following the rupture he entered a persistent vegetative state with no chance of recovery.
- The hybrid is sterile, persisting only by vegetative reproduction and not producing seeds.
- Reproduction is accomplished by both seed and vegetative sprouts.
- Cranford, Greer, and Bambakidis testified that Terri Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state.
- It primarily reproduces by vegetative means, with the majority of shoots arising from rhizomes.
- Once a heterocyst has formed it cannot revert to a vegetative cell.