veg·e·tal /ˈvɛʤətḷ/
(a.)植物的,植物性的,生長的
veg·e·tal /ˈvɛʤətḷ/ 形容詞
植物的,植物性的,營養的,生長的
Veg·e·tal a.
1. Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom; of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable.
All creatures vegetal, sensible, and rational. --Burton.
2. Biol. Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals.
Veg·e·tal, n. A vegetable. [R.]
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vegetal
adj 1: (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes [syn: vegetative]
2: composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal
products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative
layer covering a forest floor" [syn: vegetational, vegetative]