Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vegetative

/ˈvɛd͡ʒəteɪtɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: veg-e-ta-tive
IPA: /ˈvɛd͡ʒəteɪtɪv/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth.

adj

Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction.

adj

Physically inactive.

adj

Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.

Example Sentences

"In Lejeuneaceae vegetative branches normally originate from the basiscopic basal portion of a lateral segment half, as in the Radulaceae, and the associated leaves, therefore, are quite unmodified."

Etymology

From Middle French végétatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus, from past participle stem of vegetare.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: végétatif, -

Inflected Forms

more vegetative (comparative) most vegetative (superlative)

Derived Forms

neurovegetative nonvegetative vegetatively vegetativeness

Phrases

persistive vegetative state vegetative cell vegetative nervous system brain dead

Frequently Paired Words

comatose brain dead

Synonyms

vegetal vegetive vegetational

Rhymes With

native creative non-native educative probative nonnative

Questions

How do you pronounce vegetative?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɛd͡ʒəteɪtɪv/.
What does vegetative mean?: Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
Where does vegetative come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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