Sekirov Dictionary

vegetal

UK /ˈvɛd͡ʒɨtl̩/US /ˈvɛd͡ʒɪ̈tl̩/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 3

adjective3

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Pertaining to vegetables or plants.
- The landscape of vegetal life is weird—no forests, no meadows, no green hills, no foliage, but clublike stems of plants armed with stilettos. — 1895
Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.
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(no longer used, historical) Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational).
- Which although it be denominated from men, and most evident in them, yet it extends and shows itself in vegetal and sensible creatures […]. — 1624

noun1

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(no longer used) Any vegetable organism.
- This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles. — 1624

forms

vegetals · more vegetal · most vegetal

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