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Vegetal   /vˈɛdʒətəl/   Listen
Vegetal

adjective
1.
Composed of vegetation or plants.  Synonyms: vegetational, vegetative.  "Vegetational cover" , "The decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor"
2.
(of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes.  Synonym: vegetative.






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"Vegetal" Quotes from Famous Books



... intestinal juices as roots of a plant take sap from the soil. These millions of rootlets give a velvety appearance to the alimentary canal, like a nap or downy surface. Intestinal rootlets of the small intestines, like vegetal rootlets, demand a certain amount of normal fluid and solid substance, free from noxious gas. It is the down or nap of fabrics, and not their body, that shows damage first. So it is with the frail structure of vegetal and animal life if not properly ...
— Intestinal Ills • Alcinous Burton Jamison



Words linked to "Vegetal" :   nonsexual, asexual



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