'Vegetal' definitions:
Definition of 'vegetal'
From: WordNet
adjective
Composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor" [syn: vegetal, vegetational, vegetative]
adjective
(of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes [syn: vegetal, vegetative]
Definition of 'Vegetal'
From: GCIDE
- Vegetal \Veg"e*tal\, n. [F.] A vegetable. [R.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vegetal'
From: GCIDE
- Vegetal \Veg"e*tal\, a. [F. v['e]g['e]tal. See Vegetable.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom; of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable. [1913 Webster]
- All creatures vegetal, sensible, and rational. --Burton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Biol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Vegetal'
- Vegetability,
- Vegetable,
- Vegetality,
- Vegetate,
- Vegetated,
- Vegetating,
- Vegetation,
- Vegetative,
- Vegetatively,
- Vegetativeness,
- Vegete,
- Vegetism,
- Vegetive,
- Vegetous,
- vegetational,
- Vegetable alkali,
- Vegetable brimstone,
- Vegetable butter,
- Vegetable flannel,
- Vegetable gelatin,
- Vegetable ivory,
- Vegetable jelly,
- Vegetable kingdom,
- Vegetable leather,
- Vegetable marrow,
- Vegetable metamorphosis,
- Vegetable oyster,
- Vegetable parchment,
- Vegetable sheep,
- Vegetable silk,
- Vegetable sponge,
- Vegetable sulphur,
- Vegetable tallow,
- Vegetable wax,
- Vegetation of salts,
- cruciferous vegetable,
- julienne vegetable,
- leafy vegetable,
- raw vegetable,
- root vegetable,
- solanaceous vegetable,
- vegetable albumin,
- vegetable fibrin,
- vegetable garden,
- vegetable hummingbird,
- vegetable matter,
- vegetable oil,
- vegetable patch,
- vegetable pear,
- vegetable soup,
- vegetable turpeth,
- vegetative cell,
- italian vegetable marrow