'Vegetativeness' definitions:

Definition of 'Vegetativeness'

From: GCIDE
  • Vegetative \Veg"e*ta*tive\, a. [Cf. F. v['e]g['e]tatif.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster] -- {Veg"e*ta*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Veg"e*ta*tive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]