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31veg|e|ta|bly — «VEHJ tuh blee, VEHJ uh », adverb. in the manner of a vegetable or plant …
32veg|e|tal|i|ty — «VEHJ uh TAL uh tee», noun. vegetable character or quality …
33veg|e|tal — «VEHJ uh tuhl», adjective. 1. of, like, or derived from plants or vegetables. 2. of or having to do with the vegetable kingdom. 3. a) characterized by, exhibiting, or producing plant life and growth. b) Obsolete, Figurative. insensible;… …
34veg|e|tant — «VEHJ uh tuhnt», adjective. 1. giving life and vigor; invigorating. 2. vegetating; vegetable; vegetal. ╂[< Latin vegetāns, antis, present participle of vegetāre enliven < vegetus vigorous] …
35veg|e|tar|i|an|ism — «VEHJ uh TAIR ee uh NIHZ uhm», noun. the practice of eating only vegetables and refraining from eating meat, fish, or other animal products: »Vegetarianism is a basic tenet of Hinduism which influences health (Carl E. Taylor) …
36veg|e|tar|i|an — «VEHJ uh TAIR ee uhn», noun, adjective. –n. a person who eats only vegetable foods and refrains from eating meat, fish, or some other animal products, especially one who does so on the basis of principle: »Most vegetarians exclude meat from their …
37veg|e|tat|ed — «VEHJ uh TAY tihd», adjective. provided with vegetation or plant life …
38veg|e|tate — «VEHJ uh tayt», intransitive verb, tat|ed, tat|ing. 1. to grow or develop as plants do: »One really lives nowhere; one does but vegetate (Fanny Burney). 2. Figurative. to live with very little action, thought, or feeling; exist without material… …
39veg|e|ta|tion|al — «VEHJ uh TAY shuh nuhl», adjective. of or having to do with vegetation: »[He] ... recognized the role of precipitation in determining the various vegetational types (Harbaugh and Goodrick) …
40veg|e|ta|tion — «VEHJ uh TAY shuhn», noun. 1. plant life; growing plants: »There is not much vegetation in deserts. 2. the act or process of vegetating; growth of plants. 3. Figurative. an existence similar to that of a vegetable; dull, empty, or stagnant life.… …
