2. The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.
3. (Med.)
Defn: An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart. Vegetation of salts (Old Chem.), a crystalline growth of an arborescent form.
VEGETATIVE
Veg"e*ta*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. végétatif.]
1. Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating.
2. Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil.
3. (Biol.)
Defn: 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. — Veg"e*ta*tive*ly, adv. — Veg"e*ta*tive*ness, n.
VEGETE
Ve*gete", a. Etym: [L. vegetus. See Vegetable.]
Defn: Lively; active; sprightly; vigorous. [Obs.]
Even her body was made airy and vegete. Jer. Taylor.