vegetal
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- adjective
- /ˈvɛdʒɪtəl/
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vegetal
- In spring, the garden bursts into life with vibrant vegetal growth and colorful flowers.
- vegetal dyes
- vegetal bath
- vegetal materials
So for Cabernet, maybe a maybe a Bordeaux based cab from the Medoc because I tend to like a little more vegetal and nuanced flavors.
- So for Cabernet, maybe a maybe a Bordeaux based cab from the Medoc because I tend to like a little more vegetal and nuanced flavors.
Examples
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On the Archangel icon, they display vegetal and flower motifs.
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The authors of this paper, contrarily, aim to focus attention directly on the water lily to better understand vegetal life and its potential impact on human perception of it.
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Irigaray said, "However, the vegetal world also teaches us that we cannot continue being alive without becoming."
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Much vegetal life has the appearance of immobility due to its rootedness in the soil.
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The most distinctive characteristic of the inscription is the prominent vegetal embellishment at the terminating points of certain "letters."
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The blue lakes reflecting their fiery, vegetal adornment are an unforgettable spectacle.
Academic text (2005) -
If it is possible to find metaphorical connections between human culture and vegetal life, then it follows that it is possible to introduce the water lily as a feminist plant and as a connective and communicative entity.
Academic text (2017) -
Princely prodigality is also reflected in the abundant vegetal mantle on which his helmeted head is leaned.
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The chef prepared a salad featuring fresh vegetal ingredients like lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers.
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The herbal tea has a distinctly vegetal aroma that reminds me of walking through a lush garden.
Synonyms
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An area that is green with plants and grass
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Relating to plants or plant growth like grass and trees
About the plants that grow in a place
Having to do with plants and how they grow
Covered with plants such as grass or small bushes
How Plantlike
Surface Forms
Morphology
vegetal = vegetation (semi-transparent) = veget + al
The word is a learned adjective built on the plant/vegetation family, so the general meaning is recoverable even though the form is not a highly productive everyday pattern.
Etymology
Vegetal comes from the Latin root vegetare, which meant 'to quicken' or 'to be lively', and it is the same root as the common word vegetable. So think of fresh, living plants and remember vegetal means 'relating to plants' or 'plant-like'.