About The Word Vegetal
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Vegetal
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What's The Definition Of Vegetal?
[adj] composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor"
[adj] (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes Synonyms | Synonyms for Vegetal: asexual | nonsexual | vegetable | vegetational | vegetative Related Terms | Find terms related to Vegetal: See Also | Vegetal In Webster's Dictionary \Veg"e*tal\, a. [F. v['e]g['e]tal. See {Vegetable}.]
1. Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom;
of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable.
All creatures vegetal, sensible, and rational.
--Burton.
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.
\Veg"e*tal\, n. [F.] A vegetable. [R.] --B. Jonson. |
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