Vegetative
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Vegetative describes vegetation
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Vegetative may also refer to:
Vegetation
Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants. It is a general term, without specific reference to particular taxa, life forms, structure, spatial extent, or any other specific botanical or geographic characteristics. It is broader...
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Vegetative may also refer to:
- Vegetative reproductionVegetative reproductionVegetative reproduction is a form of asexual reproduction in plants. It is a process by which new individuals arise without production of seeds or spores...
, a type of asexual reproduction for plants - Persistent vegetative statePersistent vegetative stateA persistent vegetative state is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial arousal rather than true awareness. It is a diagnosis of some uncertainty in that it deals with a syndrome. After four weeks in a vegetative state , the patient is...
, a condition of people with severe brain damage - Plant community (sometimes called vegetative community), a collection of plants in a geographic area