adj
vegetal
Vegetal (adj) means Able to grow and reproduce but without feeling or thought, unlike an animal.
adj
1
Able to grow and reproduce but without feeling or thought, unlike an animal.
2
Relating to plants or vegetables.
"The Computer Center is muffled and dim, warm with whiffs of sourness, of body odor, and of the vegetal smells of dirt embedded in clothes that were advancing in the direction of compost."
— Susan Orlean, The Library Book (2018)
3
Tasting like grass or fresh green plants.
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Etymology
A learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vegetālis, which came from Latin vegetō.
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What is the meaning of vegetal?
"vegetal" (adj) means able to grow and reproduce but without feeling or thought, unlike an animal.
What is another word for vegetal?
Other words for "vegetal" include vegetative, vegetational.
What are the different meanings of vegetal?
"vegetal" has 3 main meanings: 1. Able to grow and reproduce but without feeling or thought, unlike an animal; 2. Relating to plants or vegetables; 3. Tasting like grass or fresh green plants.
