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What is the adjective for vegetable?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs vegetate, veganize, vegetarianize and vegetize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

vegetative
  1. Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
  2. Physically inactive.
  3. (medicine) Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “These findings confirm the existence of two distinct phases in vegetative development.”
      “At each node, the vegetative bud either remained latent or developed as a leafy shoot.”
      “They contain all the vegetative and lupulin material of raw leaf hops and can be used as a full replacement for leaf hops in the brewing process.”
vegetal
  1. (now rare, historical) Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational). [from 15th c.]
  2. Pertaining to vegetables or plants. [from 16th c.]
  3. (wine) Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “I love the fresh, vegetal taste of the salad made with homegrown organic vegetables.”
vegetarian
  1. Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses). [from 1849]
  2. Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat.
  3. (of a person) That does not eat meat.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “They caught on that we were mostly vegetarians so they ordered us lots of yummy vegetarian dishes.”
vegetant
  1. Characteristic of vegetation
  2. (pathology) growing, or causing growth
  3. Examples:
    1. “A case of Matson's vegetant, intravascular haemangio endothelioma presenting in a large neck vein.”
veggie
  1. (informal) vegetarian; suitable for vegetarians
  2. Vegetable-like.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “My friend is a veggie eater, always opting for plant-based meals and avoiding consuming any meat or animal products.”
vegetable
  1. Of or relating to plants.
  2. Of or relating to vegetables.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “A greater degree of specificity exists between animal proteins and vegetable proteins than between different vegetable proteins.”
vegetized
  1. (US) To which ingredients found in vegetables have been added, especially minerals and vitamins. [from 1920s]
vegan
veggo
  1. (Australia, slang) Vegetarian; suitable for vegetarians.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I admire my friend for being a veggo and leading a cruelty-free lifestyle by choosing to avoid consuming meat or animal products.”
vegetoanimal
  1. Both vegetal and animal.
vegetated
  1. On which vegetation is growing.
vegetational
  1. Of or pertaining to vegetation.
vegetivorous
vegetive
  1. (obsolete) vegetable
vegetating
veganized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of veganize
veganizing
  1. present participle of veganize
vegetarianized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of vegetarianize
vegetarianizing
  1. present participle of vegetarianize
vegetizing
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