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VEGETAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vegetal mean?
• VEGETAL (adjective)
The adjective VEGETAL has 2 senses:
1. composed of vegetation or plants
2. (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
Familiarity information: VEGETAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Composed of vegetation or plants
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
vegetal; vegetational; vegetative
Context example:
the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor
Pertainym:
vegetation (all the plant life in a particular region or period)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
Synonyms:
vegetal; vegetative
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