vegetative
adjective
growing or developing as or like plants; vegetating.
vegetatively
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a word derived from
vegetative.
Example Sentences
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Crops that reproduce vegetatively, such as bananas, will be maintained.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
“It’s like a lot of plants, where there’s a natural mutation and they change their morphology. “It’s naturally cloning; all of the plants are vegetatively growing,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 3, 2016
Tree species like the aspen propagate vegetatively, resulting in stands of genetically identical trees Genetically identical forest trees raised in different environments react differently when exposed to drought conditions, a study has shown.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2011
Depressed preschoolers are usually not morbidly, vegetatively depressed.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2010
If they sell Chinese chestnut trees which have been propagated vegetatively and they only grow five, eight, 10 or 15 years and then die, it's going to come back on the nurserymen.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 by Northern Nut Growers Association
