Veg″e‐ta‐tive (?), a. [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 soil.
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.
— Veg″e‐ta‐tive‐ly, adv. — Veg″e‐ta‐tive‐ness, n.