vegetative
/ˈvedʒɪtətɪv/adjective
1
- Biology of, relating to, or denoting reproduction or propagation achieved by asexual means, either naturally (budding, rhizomes, runners, bulbs, etc.) or artificially (grafting, layering, or taking cuttings)【生】营养体繁殖的; 无性生殖的：
vegetative spores
营养孢子
a vegetative replicating phase.
无性复制阶段。
1.1
- of, relating to, or concerned with growth rather than sexual reproduction（有关）无性生长的：
environmental factors trigger the switch from vegetative to floral development.
环境因素刺激了从无性发育到花发育的转变。
2
- of or relating to vegetation or plant life植物的; 植被的：
diverse vegetative types.
不同的植被种类。
3
- Medicine (of a person) alive but comatose and without apparent brain activity or responsiveness【医】植物人状态的。见PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE.
派生词
vegetatively
adverbvegetativeness
noun词源
late Middle English (in sense 2)： from Old French vegetatif, -ive or medieval Latin vegetativus （see VEGETATE）.