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Webster 1913 Edition
Vegetative
Veg′e-ta-tive
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
végétatif
.] 1.
Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating.
2.
Having the power to produce growth in plants;
as, the
. vegetative
properties of soil3.
(Biol.)
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.
– Veg′e-ta-tive-ly
, adv.
Veg′e-ta-tive-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vegetative
VEG'ETATIVE
, a.1.
Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants.2.
Having the power to produce growth in plants; as the vegetative properties of soil.