Definition of vegetative | Bee Dictionary of English

a of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous
a dull vegetative lifestyle
a composed of vegetation or plants
the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor
s relating to involuntary bodily functions
vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation
s (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes

The lack of imminent death fueled much of the debate in the 2005 case of Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman in a vegetative state whose feeding tube was removed causing eventual .
HOW IS A VEGETATIVE STATE DIFFERENT FROM A MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE? A comparatively new designation, minimally conscious state describes people who are not in a vegetative state .
Patients in a vegetative state do not lie motionless like the floating bodies in the classic 1978 sci-fi movie Coma.

Goats could help eat Kudzu near Art Center Waco
WACO, Texas (AP) — Goats could be used to gobble up pesky kudzu vines near a Central Texas arts site. Art Center Waco executive director Mark Arnold wants to try using goats to munch away the vegetative problem. The Waco Tribune-Herald (http://bit.ly/169lKLJ ) reported Sunday that the vines are strangling trees on the slope overlooking the Bosque (BAHS'-kee) River. The kudzu has resisted years ...
June 17, 2013 - WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth
Reintroduce bighorns near Deadwood
DEADWOOD — When the Grizzly Gulch fire raged in Deadwood more than a decade ago, it left behind a habitat oasis for bighorn sheep. So perfect are the burnt-out vegetative areas the fire inadvertently
June 13, 2013 - Black Hills Pioneer
Chattanoogan.com - Chattanooga's source for breaking local news
The Bessie Smith Strut is on life-support in a vegetative state of existence. And that’s referring to the clone that exists now; the original Strut has been dead for decades.
June 12, 2013 - The Chattanoogan

Pope John Paul II in National Catholic Register
The sick person in a vegetative state, awaiting recovery or a natural end, still has the right to basic health care (nutrition, hydration, cleanliness, warmth, etc.) and to the prevention of complications related to his confinement to bed,the...
Jeb Bush in CTV.ca
The neurologist review indicates that Terri may have been misdiagnosed and is more likely that she is in a state of minimal consciousness, rather than in a persistent vegetative state,Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told reporters Wednesday.
Bill Frist in USA Today
I didn't make the diagnosis,Frist said Sunday. "I raised the question of whether or not she was in a persistent vegetative state."