vegetative

  1. Adjective.  Of, or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
  2. Adjective.  (biology) Of, or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction.
  3. Adjective.  Physically inactive.
  4. Adjective.  (medicine) Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.

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