Meanings
- not comparableobsoletevegetable
plural vegetives
- obsoletevegetable
Hence vegetives receive their fragrant birth, / And clothe the naked bosom of the earth.
1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “(please specify the page)”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC1 more example
I have (Together with my practice) made familiar To me and to my aid, the blest infusions That dwell in vegetives, in metals, stones
c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to vegetation.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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