vegetal
pronunciation
How to pronounce vegetal in British English:
UK [ˈvedʒətl]
How to pronounce vegetal in American English:
US [ˈvɛdʒɪtl]
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- Adjective:
- (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
- composed of vegetation or plants
Word Origin
- vegetal (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Medieval Latin *vegetalis, from Latin vegetare (see vegetable (adj.)).
Example
- 1. Evidently , empathy might not be the most appropriate ground for an ethics of vegetal life .
- 2. Inquiring into justifications for consuming vegetal beings thus reconceived , we reach one of the final frontiers of dietary ethics .
- 3. Vegetal carbon , by contrast , is released into the atmosphere whenever woods are engulfed by fire , pests or tree-uprooting winds .
- 4. The taste has to be exceptionally sweet but just slightly vegetal , so you know it came from the earth and not the candy counter .