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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vegetative \Veg"e*ta*tive\, a. [Cf. F. v['e]g['e]tatif.]
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1. Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants;
capable of vegetating.
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2. Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the
vegetative properties of soil.
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3. (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.
[1913 Webster] -- {Veg"e*ta*tive*ly}, adv. --
{Veg"e*ta*tive*ness}, n.
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