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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 veg·e·tal /ˈvɛʤətḷ/
 (a.)植物的,植物性的,生長的

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 veg·e·tal /ˈvɛʤətḷ/ 形容詞
 植物的,植物性的,營養的,生長的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Veg·e·tal, n.  A vegetable. [R.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]