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Webster 1913 Edition


Vegetal

Veg′e-tal

,
Adj.
[F.
végétal
. See
Vegetable
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom; of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable.
All creatures
vegetal
, sensible, and rational.
Burton.
2.
(Biol.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals.

Veg′e-tal

,
Noun.
[F.]
A vegetable.
[R.]
B. Jonson.

Definition 2024


végétal

végétal

See also: vegetal and vegetál

French

Pronunciation

végétal m (plural végétaux)

  1. Plant.

Adjective

végétal m (feminine singular végétale, masculine plural végétaux, feminine plural végétales)

  1. Of or relating to plants.