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vegetative 1. of, relating to, or denoting the nonreproductive parts of a plant, i.e. the stems, leaves, and roots, or growth that does not involve the reproductive parts 2. (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes 3. of or relating to functions such as digestion, growth, and circulation rather than sexual reproduction vegetative [′vej·ə‚tād·iv] (biology) Having nutritive or growth functions, as opposed to reproductive. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| FROM the inertness, or what we may term the vegetative character, of his ordinary mood, Clifford would perhaps have been content to spend one day after another, interminably,--or, at least, throughout the summer-time,--in just the kind of life described in the preceding pages. Man imprisoned, man crystallized, man vegetative, speaks to man impersonated. |
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