| vegetate | (v) lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind |
| vegetate | (v) establish vegetation on, Example: They vegetated the hills behind their house |
| vegetate | (v) produce vegetation, Example: The fields vegetate vigorously |
| vegetate | (v) grow like a plant, Example: This fungus usually vegetates vigorously |
| vegetate | (v) grow or spread abnormally, Example: warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed |
| vegetate | (v) propagate asexually, Example: The bacterial growth vegetated along |
| vegetation | (n) all the plant life in a particular region or period, Syn. flora, botany, Ant. fauna, Example: Pleistocene vegetation; the flora of southern California; the botany of China |
| vegetation | (n) the process of growth in plants |
| vegetation | (n) an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart) |
| vegetation | (n) inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life, Example: their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation |
| vegetative | (adj) of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous, Syn. vegetive, Example: a dull vegetative lifestyle |
| vegetative | (adj) relating to involuntary bodily functions, Example: vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation |
| huntingdon elm | (n) erect vigorous hybrid ornamental elm tree, Syn. Ulmus hollandica vegetata |
| somatic cell | (n) any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes, Syn. vegetative cell, Example: somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells |
| vege out | (v) engage in passive relaxation, Syn. vegetate, Example: After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television |
| vegetal | (adj) composed of vegetation or plants, Syn. vegetational, vegetative, Example: regions rich in vegetal products; vegetational cover; the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor |
| vegetal | (adj) (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes, Syn. vegetative |
| Revegetate | v. i. To vegetate anew. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Vegetate | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Vegetated p. pr. & vb. n. Vegetating. ] [ L. vegetatus, p. p. of vegetare to enliven. See Vegetable. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate. [ 1913 Webster ] See dying vegetables life sustain,
See life dissolving vegetate again. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Fig.: To lead a life too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ] Persons who . . . would have vegetated stupidly in the places where fortune had fixed them. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Med.) To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Vegetation | n. [ Cf. F. végétation, L. vegetatio an enlivening. See Vegetable. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Med.) An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]
Vegetation of salts (Old Chem.), a crystalline growth of an arborescent form. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Vegetative | a. [ Cf. F. végétatif. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Biol.) Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, apart from the sensorial or distinctively animal functions; vegetal. [ 1913 Webster ] -- Veg"e*ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Veg"e*ta*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 植物 | [zhí wù, ㄓˊ ㄨˋ, 植 物] botanical; plant; vegetation #3,357 [Add to Longdo] |
| 芾 | [fú, ㄈㄨˊ, 芾] luxuriance of vegetation #14,944 [Add to Longdo] |
| 草木 | [cǎo mù, ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄨˋ, 草 木] grasslands and forests; vegetation; flora #25,555 [Add to Longdo] |
| 苍生 | [cāng shēng, ㄘㄤ ㄕㄥ, 苍 生 / 蒼 生] (area where) vegetation grows; the common people #38,448 [Add to Longdo] |
| 繁茂 | [fán mào, ㄈㄢˊ ㄇㄠˋ, 繁 茂] exuberant; luxuriant; lush and flourishing (vegetation); rank growth #42,823 [Add to Longdo] |
| 蓁 | [zhēn, ㄓㄣ, 蓁] abundant, luxuriant vegetation #90,321 [Add to Longdo] |
| 簌 | [sù, ㄙㄨˋ, 簌] dense vegetation; sieve #96,732 [Add to Longdo] |
| 坐吃享福 | [zuò chī xiǎng fú, ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄨˊ, 坐 吃 享 福 / 坐 喫 享 福] vegetative existence; to consume passively without doing anything useful [Add to Longdo] |
| 蔼蔼 | [ǎi ǎi, ㄞˇ ㄞˇ, 蔼 蔼 / 藹 藹] luxuriant (vegetation) [Add to Longdo] |
| 植物 | [しょくぶつ, shokubutsu] (n) plant; vegetation; (P) #1,402 [Add to Longdo] |
| 薫 | [くん, kun] (n) (1) pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; scent; (2) pleasant-smelling vegetation #3,897 [Add to Longdo] |
| 植生 | [しょくせい, shokusei] (n) vegetation #19,660 [Add to Longdo] |
| 栄養器官 | [えいようきかん, eiyoukikan] (n) vegetative organ [Add to Longdo] |
| 栄養生殖 | [えいようせいしょく, eiyouseishoku] (n) vegetative reproduction [Add to Longdo] |
| 枯らす | [からす, karasu] (v5s, vt) to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber) [Add to Longdo] |
| 植生図 | [しょくせいず, shokuseizu] (n) vegetation map [Add to Longdo] |
| 植生帯 | [しょくせいたい, shokuseitai] (n) vegetation zone [Add to Longdo] |
| 植物状態 | [しょくぶつじょうたい, shokubutsujoutai] (n, adj-no) vegetative state [Add to Longdo] |
| 植物人間 | [しょくぶつにんげん, shokubutsuningen] (n) (sens) human vegetable (i.e. someone in a vegetative state) [Add to Longdo] |
| 植物性 | [しょくぶつせい, shokubutsusei] (n, adj-no) botanical; vegetable; vegetal; vegetative [Add to Longdo] |
| 草木 | [くさき(P);そうもく(P), kusaki (P); soumoku (P)] (n) plants; vegetation; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 踏み分ける | [ふみわける, fumiwakeru] (v1, vt) to push through (i.e. a crowd, vegetation, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
| 平年 | [へいねん, heinen] (n-adv, n) (1) non-leap year; (2) normal year (esp. as pertains to weather patterns, vegetative growth, harvest yields, etc.); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 万緑一紅 | [ばんりょくいっこう, banryokuikkou] (n) one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men [Add to Longdo] |
| 万緑叢中紅一点 | [ばんりょくそうちゅうこういってん, banryokusouchuukouitten] (exp) (arch) (See 万緑一紅) one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men [Add to Longdo] |
| 鬱然 | [うつぜん, utsuzen] (adj-t, adv-to) (1) dense (vegetation); thick; (2) prominent; popular; (3) gloomy (mood) [Add to Longdo] |
| 藹々;藹藹 | [あいあい, aiai] (adj-t, adv-to) (1) (See 和気藹々) harmonious; peaceful; congenial; (2) luxuriant (vegetation) [Add to Longdo] |
