vegetative
adjective /ˈvedʒɪtətɪv/
/ˈvedʒɪteɪtɪv/
- relating to plant life
植物的;植物性的 - (medical
) (of a person医学 ) alive but showing no sign of brain activity人 see also persistent vegetative state植物人状态的
词源late 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’.