VEGETIVE

[vej-i-tey-tiv]

veg·e·ta·tive

[vej-i-tey-tiv]
adjective
1.
growing or developing as or like plants; vegetating.
2.
of, pertaining to, or concerned with vegetation or vegetable growth.
3.
of or pertaining to the plant kingdom.
4.
noting the parts of a plant not specialized for reproduction.
5.
(of reproduction) asexual.
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6.
denoting or pertaining to those bodily functions that are performed unconsciously or involuntarily.
7.
having the power to produce or support growth in plants: vegetative mold.
8.
characterized by a lack of activity; inactive; passive: a vegetative state.
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Also, veg·e·tive [vej-i-tiv] .


Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English vegetatyf < Medieval Latin vegetātīvus. See vegetate, -ive

veg·e·ta·tive·ly, adverb
veg·e·ta·tive·ness, noun
non·veg·e·ta·tive, adjective
non·veg·e·ta·tive·ly, adverb
non·veg·e·ta·tive·ness, noun
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non·veg·e·tive, adjective
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Vegetive is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
WordNet
vegetive

adjective
of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle" [syn: vegetative
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