Vegetal

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈvÉ›dÊ’áµ»tlÌ©/

Origin

From Late Latin vegetalis, from Latin vegetāre.

Full definition of vegetal

Adjective

1. (now rare, historical) Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational). from 15th c.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.2.1.i:Which although it be denominated from men, and most evident in them, yet it extends and shows itself in vegetal and sensible creatures ….
2. Pertaining to vegetables or plants. from 16th c.
3. (wine) having a grassy, herbaceous taste

Noun

1. (obsolete, chiefly botany) Any vegetable organism.
• BurtonThis melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles.----