vegetative

/ˈve-jə-ˌtā-tiv/

Middle English vegetatif "promoting growth, of the lowest species of soul in Aristotelian philosophy (characteristic of plants), of the plant kingdom," borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French vegetative, borrowed from Medieval Latin vegetātīvus, from Late Latin vegetātus, past participle of vegetāre "to live, grow" + Latin -īvus -ive

adjective

  1. relating to, composed of, or suggesting vegetation

  2. of or relating to the division of nature comprising the plant kingdom

  3. leading a dull, monotonous, or passive existence : vegetable

noun

  1. an unconscious state that is the result of severe brain damage and that can last for a very long time