vegetative
adjective /ˈvedʒɪtətɪv/
/ˈvedʒɪteɪtɪv/
- relating to plant life
- (medical) (of a person) alive but showing no sign of brain activity see also persistent vegetative state
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (1)): from Old French vegetatif, -ive or medieval Latin vegetativus, from the verb vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’.