Vegetal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vegetal \Veg"e*tal\, a. [F. v['e]g['e]tal. See {Vegetable}.]
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     1. Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom;
        of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable.
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              All creatures vegetal, sensible, and rational.
                                                    --Burton.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vegetal \Veg"e*tal\, n. [F.]
     A vegetable. [R.] --B. Jonson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vegetal
       adj 1: (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes [syn: {vegetative}]
       2: composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal
          products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative
          layer covering a forest floor" [syn: {vegetational}, {vegetative}]