Vegetativeness

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

  Vegetative \Veg"e*ta*tive\, a. [Cf. F. v['e]g['e]tatif.]
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     1. Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants;
        capable of vegetating.
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     2. Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the
        vegetative properties of soil.
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     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.
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