vegetativeness

/ˈvɛdʒɪteɪtɪvnəs/
noun
  1. The quality or state of being like a plant; passive, inactive, or unthinking existence.
    • The vegetativeness of his lifestyle worried his friends, who wanted him to be more active.
    • She criticized the vegetativeness of modern entertainment, which she felt dulled people's minds.
    • The patient's vegetativeness was a result of the severe brain injury.
  2. The property of growing or reproducing without seeds or spores, as in plants.
    • Scientists studied the vegetativeness of the algae to understand its rapid colonization.
    • The vegetativeness of the species allows it to spread quickly through runners.
    • The plant's vegetativeness makes it easy to propagate in a garden.
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