different between vegetative vs soredium

English

Etymology

From Middle French végétatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus, from past participle stem of vegetare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?d??te?t?v/

Adjective

vegetative (comparative more vegetative, superlative most vegetative)

1. Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
2. (biology) Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction.
3. Physically inactive.
4. (medicine) Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.

Related terms

• persistent vegetative state
• vegetatively
• vegetativeness

See also

• comatose
• brain dead

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

vegetative

1. inflection of vegetativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

vegetative

1. feminine plural of vegetativo

English

Etymology

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Noun

soredium (plural soredia)

1. (lichenology) A common scalelike reproductive structure in lichens consisting of algal cells enveloped in a network of hyphae.

Translations

Anagrams

• Mourides, dimerous, erodiums