vegetative

/หˆvษ›dส’ษ™teษชtษชv/

IPA: /V EH0 JH AH0 T EY1 T IH0 V/

adjective
  1. 1

    Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth.

  2. 2

    Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction.

  3. 3

    Physically inactive.

  4. 4

    Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vegetative