(of a plant) To grow or sprout. / (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally. / (informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vegetate

On which vegetation is growing.

simple past tense and past participle of vegetate

Any plant. / A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.

Of or relating to plants. / Of or relating to vegetables.

Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth. / (biology) Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction. / Physically inactive.

present participle of vegetate

plural of vegetable

(now rare, historical) Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational). / Pertaining to vegetables or plants.