vegetative

Of, relating to, or characteristic of plants or their growth.

Of, relating to, or capable of growth.

Of, relating to, or functioning in processes such as growth or nutrition rather than reproduction.

Of or relating to asexual reproduction, such as fission or budding.

Spending much time sitting or lying down; physically inactive.

Of or relating to an impaired level of brain function in which a person responds to certain sensory stimuli but demonstrates no cognitive function.

Growing, or having the power of physical growth, as plants; of or pertaining to physical growth or nutrition, especially in plants.

In animal physiol., noting those functions or organs of the body which, being performed or acting unconsciously or involuntarily, are likened to the processes of vegetable growth, as digestion, circulation, secretion, and excretion, which are particularly concerned in the nutrition or in the growth, waste, and repair of the organism: opposed to the specially ani mal functions, as locomotion, cerebration, etc.

Hence, characterized by such physical processes only; lacking intellectual activity; stagnant; unprogressive.