veg‧e‧ta‧tive /ˈvedʒətətɪv, ˈvedʒɪtətɪv $ -teɪtɪv/ adjective [only before noun]

1. technical relating to plants, and particularly to the way they grow or make new plants
vegetative reproduction/propagation

2. a vegetative state a condition in which someone cannot think or move because their brain has been damaged

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