Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vegetatively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: veg-e-ta-tive-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a vegetative manner; without sexual reproduction.

adv

In terms of vegetation.

Example Sentences

"The Jubulaceae have a leaf whose lobule, usually transformed into a water-sac, is normally very narrowly attached to the stem and to the dorsal lobe; indeed some Frullania taxa reproduce vegetatively by dropping the dorsal lobes, but not the lobules, and Neohattoria has caducous lobules but persistent lobes."
"Vegetatively it is the nearest to H. translucens with its oblong-lanceolate leaves, with the margins and keel beset with pellucid teeth, but it differs and is characterised by the greyish-black quadrantly positioned globose flowers; […]"

Etymology

From vegetative + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vegetative

Questions

What does vegetatively mean?: In a vegetative manner; without sexual reproduction.
Where does vegetatively come from?: From vegetative + -ly.

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