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English
Adjective
vegetive (not comparable)
- (obsolete) vegetable
- Of or pertaining to vegetation.
- Synonym: vegetative
Noun
vegetive (plural vegetives)
- (obsolete) vegetable
c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. , London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, , published 1609, →OCLC, [Act 3, scene 2]:I have
(Together with my practice) made familiar
To me and to my aid, the blest infusions
That dwell in vegetives, in metals, stones
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: ], →OCLC:Hence vegetives receive their fragrant birth, / And clothe the naked bosom of the earth.