Synonyms:
vegetal, vegetative
Meaning: (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
Synonyms:
vegetative
Meaning: relating to involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation"
Synonyms:
vegetal, vegetational, vegetative
Meaning: composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor"
Synonyms:
vegetative, vegetive
Meaning: of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle"
Usage examples
But all the powers of the vegetative part are active; yet they are the lowest among the powers of the soul.
Now the intellect is a passive power in regard to the whole universal being: while the vegetative power is active in regard to some particular thing, namely, the body as united to the soul.
And the higher we advance in the nobility of forms, the more we find that the power of the form excels the elementary matter; as the vegetative soul excels the form of the metal, and the sensitive soul excels the vegetative soul.