Vegetal
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or of the nature of plants or vegetables.
2.
vegetative (def 5).
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or characteristic of vegetables or plant life
2.
of or relating to processes in plants and animals that do not involve sexual reproduction; vegetative
vegetal veg·e·tal (věj’ĭ-tl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of plants.
Relating to growth rather than to sexual reproduction; vegetative.
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