| Vegetal | a. [ F. végétal. See Vegetable. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom; of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable. [ 1913 Webster ] All creatures vegetal, sensible, and rational. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Biol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Vegetality | n. 1. The quality or state of being vegetal, or vegetable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Biol.) The quality or state of being vegetal, or exhibiting those physiological phenomena which are common to plants and animals. See Vegetal, a., 2. [ 1913 Webster ] |
