Definitions:

1. characterized by an asexual reproductive processes in plants adjective
   • The vegetative plant sends out runners to spread itself.
2. composed of vegetation or plants adjective
   • My diet is entirely vegetative.
3. lacking any cognitive function, including any awareness of oneself or the outside world adjective
   • After sustained massive head trauma, the patient was alive, but in a vegetative state.
4. of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous adjective
   • We don't want to live a dull, vegetative lifestyle.
5. relating to involuntary bodily functions adjective
   • Vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation keep animals alive even when they are unconscious.